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Transcribe Live in the Lab

Submitted by DRutley on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 2:43pm
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Our weekly transcribe in the lab conversation this week hinged on several topics related to collaboration – including examples of collaboration in theater, the importance of collaboration to small businesses as an underserved population, and examples of collaboration in pop culture (with the specific example of the uber-popular Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins).

Simplicity

Submitted by Kathy Clemons on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 1:49pm
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We regularly deal with complicated, complex issues: challenges of cultural change, market fluctuations, leadership, and more. And, personally, there is a part of me that loves that challenge, that impulse to understand the whole picture, all the moving parts and potential risks. And the thrill that comes from pulling it all together into an elegant design, that solution that just hums. It can be intoxicating and all-encompassing.

Transcribe Live in the Lab

Submitted by John Colaruotolo on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 5:39pm
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Every Friday, we here at Collective Next attempt to practice what we preach and gather together to think better and move innovative ideas forward. Today we were inspired by this TED Talk by Terry Moore describing his epiphany regarding the best way to tie your shoes.

Good Design

Submitted by Kate Dwyer on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 11:23am
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In a recent post, we shared that graphics allow us to cut past the need for descriptive words and personalize our own understanding of an idea without getting caught up in someone else’s description of it.

Transcribe Live in the Lab

Submitted by Mason Smith Psy.D. on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 5:50pm
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Every Friday, we here at Collective Next attempt to practice what we preach and gather together to think better and move innovative ideas forward. Today we were inspired by this Washington Post article describing a social experiment involving one of the world’s premier musicians, the Washington DC metro, and “one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin that is worth $3.5 million.”

Join Us On The Frontier

Submitted by Geoff Amidei on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 7:31am
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Tammy Erickson says “The frontier of human productive capacity today is the power of extended collaboration…”

Graphic Facilitation is more than "Doodling for Dollars"

Submitted by Mason Smith Psy.D. on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 5:57pm
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Graphic facilitation has arrived! The Wall Street Journal recently published an article by Rachel Silverman extolling the benefits of graphic facilitation. Silverman also appeared on The News Hub to share her research into the groundswell of organizations currently improving their level of collaboration through the use of scribes.

Altered Consciousness in Just 45 Minutes

Submitted by Geoff Amidei on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 1:05am
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I don’t get to do very many DesignShopÒ events these days. A typical DesignShop event, as invented and practiced by MG Taylor Corporation, involves bringing together 30 to 80 client participants for three long days (10 hours, 12 hours, and 10 hours) of facilitated collaborative work. DesignShop events are impactful, transformational, exhilarating, and often supremely strenuous experiences. They are also an enormous, lump-sum investment of time and money for a client.

Collaboration Is A Lot Like Therapy

Submitted by Mason Smith Psy.D. on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:46pm
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Applied collaboration is a lot like providing therapy. As a clinician, boundaries were an essential element of my work in private practice and in psychiatric hospitals. In order to facilitate any change, people must first feel comfortable enough to consider opening themselves to even the slightest bit of the unknown or unfamiliar. Well defined, transparent, and consistently reinforced boundaries help develop trust in the facilitator of that change and a sense of comfort.

Collaboration and Music #2: Terry Riley

Submitted by John Colaruotolo on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 9:23am
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(Second in our Music and Collaboration series...)