Collaboration, Complexity & Chaos
We recommend to our clients that they not engage us on their complicated projects. Because we’d prefer to work on the complex ones. So…what’s the difference? Complicated, complex…whatever, right? Complicated…assembling automobiles is...
Case Study, Collaboration, Design Thinking, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Change
Note: This was written with a client, from his point of view, about 4 years ago. It never got published, and I found it in a folder this evening. Still a useful illustrative story, so I thought it still worthy of sharing. Cheers, Phil = = = = = = = = =...
Blog, Collaboration, Complexity & Chaos, Design Thinking, Stakeholder Engagement
I love working with my clients. To a person, they are exceptional, dedicated, caring. They understand that their human system (their employee base) is inherently wise, and they trust in the wisdom of these people. (And after all, what would it say about them if they...
Academic, Business Sector, Collaboration, Collective Governance, First Nations, Government, Healthcare, Information Management, Utilities
So…a couple of days ago I brought up the concerns we see around dashboards being used in a Canadian setting – senior executives putting the fear of god into managers who have a valid case for a red light on a project or initiative. As I noted then,...
Academic, Business Sector, Collaboration, Collective Governance, First Nations, Government, Healthcare, Information Management, Utilities
If you’re in any sort of a management role, you’ve seen them: executive dashboards, likely covered with three key colours: green, yellow and red. Green, of course, means “project good” – or “please ignore me – I’m...
Blog, Collaboration, Collective Governance, Design Thinking, Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement
“Collaboration is like teenage sex – everybody claims they are doing it but most people aren’t, and those that are, are doing it very badly.” (with apologies to Chris Spray) Collaboration is to government what eco-friendly is to consumerism – paste the word on top,...
