There is a moment before stepping out in front of a group of people who have come together to tackle a problem that requires all of your attention and ability when you have a decision to make. You can choose to approach the unknown as palpable ambiguity or malleable possibility. During this Friday’s Transcribe, we here at Collective Next discussed how we attempt to balance the necessary tight rope walk of preventing the bottom from dropping out and blowing the roof off of any situation.

As the newest member of Collective Next, I was excited to participate in my first Transcribe session. As it turns out, it was a busy day around the office, and only Mason and I were able to participate. We took the opportunity to share with each other our histories with CN, and the driving forces behind our decisions to join.

Today in the Lab, we discussed a concept that is very near and dear to our Collective hearts. Through a discussion that went in a variety of directions (and inspired by conversations that we had been having for a while), we came up with an axiom: Good Leadership is Good Facilitation and Good Facilitation is Good Leadership.

While this concept has a lot of subtle nuances there were a couple of common characteristics that should be core to facilitators and leaders alike: Situational Awareness and Having Empathy and Compassion.

A colleague recently passed along an article by Paul Ford entitled “10 Timeframes” which stimulated the Transcribe group to consider the true value of a minute. More specifically, we were curious about the difference between a minute and a collaborative minute.