The Betty Effect: silence is golden but what gold might be missed?

Betty and her conversation partners missed the chance to benefit from her perspective and insights.

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How to build a collaborative conversation

The skills to build a collaborative conversation can be modelled, learned and practised.

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Re-frame: creating collaborative habits

Words matter when collaborating. An idea bravely expressed could be lost forever with an ill-considered, default response.

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The Loneliness of the Organiser: creativing collaborative habits

Have you ever tried to bring a group together to collaborate? The questions seem endless and start to wear you down, like drips of water on a stone. Who’d ever volunteer to organise this group again?

The power of the right three letter word: creating collaborative habits

When did you first learn to be aware of the ‘but’ and change it to ‘and’?

One Australian way to shift patterns and power in groups

Flipping who acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which a group is meeting can help to shift the power from the facilitator to participants.

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