The circle as a process
I’m always impressed by the process and outcomes when we gather in a circle. As collaborators, leveraging the power of the circle seems something we can do more of.
Our ancestors gathered around a fire in a circle. Families gather around the kitchen table in a circle. As a society we seem slow in learning that [...]
Questions are the engine that drive collaborative conversations
The collaborative facilitator knows that questions make things happen. Questions are the engine that drives healthy and productive group conversation.
A few years ago, I took a workshop, on facilitation and asking questions, from Dorothy Strachan in Ottawa, Ontario. She has been a facilitator for a long time, and is an expert in asking questions [...]
A metaphor for the collaborative leader
Recently, a colleague leading in a multi-party collaboration described her role to me as being a “lubricant” to the system. She told me her job was to facilitate, to connect people together who should be connected, to “grease the wheels” so to speak, and just generally remove obstacles so people could get their work done.
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