Collaboration is an Inside Job (Article #1)
Have you ever found yourself wondering “How can I keep up with all of this?” You
have 35 emails to reply to, 12 voice mails and three meetings scheduled
for the day. Then a close colleague pops into your office and asks for
your urgent help.
There is no denying our society [...]

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I am grateful to Tom Atlee for sending me the link to these wonderful videos showing collaborative intelligence at work in bird flocks. Awe-inspiring Tom! thanks.
I am just wondering - what will life on earth be like when human beings can collaborate so beautifully? (and work teams, organizations and so forth)

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The open source approach literally transformed the software industry and in turn had a huge impact on just about any aspect of life touched by technology. I am so committed personally to the open source community - I published my book ‘Teaching an Anthill to Fetch‘ under a Creative Commons licence, rather than the the [...]

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I have resisted the temptation to have a sex change… but only just. Woman are coming into their own and the next 10-20 years will witness a dramatic shift in influence and hopefully power toward the feminine side of humanity. In the workplace they bring a greater collaborative element to how things are [...]

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It could be said that teams with high CQ are quite boring. There are very few dramas and no exciting heroes the team relies on to save the day. People pull their weight and support each other to an extraordinary degree. There is a vigorous pursuit for learning, not only at the [...]

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Enterprise Facilitation — articles
A few days ago I had the great fortune to attend a talk by David Peat. David gave a fascinating description of the history of science to the present day. He then went on to comment on some the pitfalls associated with trying to change systems. Especially ones that [...]

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I live directly beneath the flight paths of a lot of Canadian Geese. Up here in Canada when the nights begin to get a little cooler the geese get the hint and begin to plan the migration south. I hear them honk as they pass above my office. Watching them fly in their characteristic [...]

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The early alchemists who attempted to change base metals into gold were the predecessors of our modern-day scientists.  Their efforts could be considered as metaphoric of our present day attempts to transmute physical comfort into psychological well-being. Material possessions into peace of mind. Advertisers would have us believe that with a  better car, bigger home, [...]

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I don’t know why it has taken me so long to getting round to doing this - but now it’s done.
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Participation - people taking part. Of course it is so much easier to get people to take part when they know their effort is meaningful. This is one of the reasons that meaningful participation is so important to our sense of well-being. Just like wholesome food is good for your body - wholesome (serving the [...]

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