Conscious Collaboration

A Conversation with Natalie Rast A Conscious Collaboration Podcast In this episode, Yael and Natalie discuss team growth and culture building – and the work Y7’s leadership team [...]

Leadership Test: Can You Be Ambitious and Patient at the Same Time? Scott Fitzgerald famously said that “the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at [...]

In February I had the honor of celebrating the newest class of Emerging Leaders, a bright, committed group of social sector leaders who completed the nine-month program I facilitate on behalf of [...]

How to Enhance Ideas through Team Collaboration “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I [...]

A Conversation with Laura Quiros A Conscious Collaboration Podcast This podcast explores perspectives on what enables conscious collaboration in a given context or field. In this episode, Yael [...]

A Conversation with Vincent Chang A Conscious Collaboration Podcast In this episode, Yosh speaks with Vincent Chang, architect and partner at Grimshaw Global, about collaboration in the context [...]

It’s holiday time once again, as well as year’s end. Endings turn into beginnings. Closure, review, outlook, and intentions fill the air. I have been here before – and, unfortunately, this [...]

A Conversation with Rachael Peters A Conscious Collaboration Podcast In this episode, Yael had the opportunity to speak with Rachael Peters, the New York City Executive Director for Peer Health [...]

As an executive coach, one aspect of my work involves supporting workplace relationships to move from being dysfunctional to being healthier. Here, I’m guided by a key concept from psychotherapy [...]

Like many others, I was disappointed to read the NY Times story this week about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and how they handled Russian meddling on their social media [...]

Over the past few years as an executive business coach, I have noticed the rise of words such as “self-awareness,” “mindfulness,” and “radical responsibility” [...]

A Conversation with Ann Bodnar A Conscious Collaboration Podcast In this episode, Yael speaks with Ann Bodnar, principal of Clinton Elementary School in Maplewood, New Jersey. Clinton Elementary [...]

Why do smart people defend stupid ideas? organizational psychologists found that increased engagement with an idea impacts how open to changing that idea we are. But there is a twist

A Conversation with David Sibbet A Conscious Collaboration Podcast  In this episode, Yosh has the pleasure of talking to David Sibbet, a pioneer in the field of visual facilitation and founder of [...]

A Conversation with Andrew Nurkin A Conscious Collaboration Podcast In this episode, Yael speaks with Andrew Nurkin, the Deputy Director for Enrichment and Civic Engagement at the Free Library of [...]