Podcast Episode 10: Carlo Giardinetti – Self-Organizing Teams & Holacracy
A Conversation with Carlo Giardinetti A Conscious Collaboration Podcast In this episode, Yosh discusses aspects of self-organization and self-management with Carlo Giardinetti, an educator, [...]
Podcast Episode 9: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Zak – The Neuroscience of Trust
A Conversation with Paul Zak A Conscious Collaboration Podcast In this episode, Yosh explores with Paul his work on the neuroscience of trust – and discuss how understanding trust on a [...]
Being Conscious about Our Commitments
Our clients know us as voracious readers. By popular demand, we are excited to provide you with select (and growing) reading list. As an additional way to invite readers into new ideas, we will [...]
What’s Love Got to Do with High-Performing Teams?
I recently spoke with Dr. Paul Zak on our Conscious Collaboration Podcast about the neuroscience of trust. I had become aware of Paul’s work several years ago and republish below an article [...]
Podcast Episode 8: A Conversation with Natalie Rast from Y7 Studio
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 [...]
Why Stakeholders Aren’t Really behind Your Strategy Statement
A Field Guide For Creating Real Momentum Among Teams Nearly all leaders I meet love strategy as a topic. They talk and think about it a fair lot. In many organizations, however, strategic [...]
Best of Both: Get Cross-Functional And Strategic Alignment In One Swoop
A clear business strategy is a crucial strategic tool for any organization that wants effective action where it matters most. Virtually all professionals – from frontline to boardroom – know the [...]
Why Smart People Defend Stupid Ideas
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
Where Team Building Doesn’t Deliver – But Team Development Does
Team Building has become a common practice due to an undeniable truth: Collaboration is the key to success. That’s the buzz the Harvard Business Review created in “Collaborative Overload” where [...]
Is Learning The Same As Growth?
When a flower grows it doesn’t just grow larger, it changes form. When a tree grows it doesn’t “overcome” its inner rings – it expands around its central core. In nature, we find perfect [...]
Should You Collaborate with a Non-collaborator?
Reading news on politics these days made me review an blog post on how to best respond to a lack of collaboration which I wrote five years ago. A fundamental question that I hear sometimes during [...]
Podcast: Why Are There So Few High-performing Teams
Systemic Team Coaching… …like no other team development approach, supports teams to grow collaborative practices that result in high-performance and increased levels of team [...]
The Elusiveness Of The Perfect Team
What’s Getting In the Way — And What to Do About It Why is it so difficult to turn good teams into great teams? The need for high group intelligence and collaboration is compelling [...]
Should You Collaborate with a Non-collaborator?
Say – in your particular work context – you need to work with people who bring the spirit of collaboration to your project. Good news. Reasons to collaborate are manifold – and you may find [...]