Blog
This blog is about strategy and collaborative innovation.
Because I’m interested in helping team-size groups do a better job of thinking together (i.e., collaborating), many of the posts are about the related topics of cognition, conversation, and collective intelligence.
Enjoy!
Theory and practice
John Dewey said it best, “Theory without practice is empty; practice without theory is blind.” Why? Because theory informs practice, and practice informs theory. That’s why my posts include some of both.
Thinking together
Thinking together is the ultimate core competency. Two things your team can do to do a better job of thinking together are to employ conversation mapping tools and to master the practice of inquiry.
Where is thinking?
Does thinking occur in your mind alone? Or does it also loop through other peoples’ minds and through thinking tools like calculators and computers? Read this post to find out.
What is thinking?
When it’s all said and done, management is fundamentally about thinking. But exactly what does it mean to think? This post explains that when stripped to its essence, to think is to link.