AustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaCzech RepublicEgyptFranceGermanyGlobalIndiaItalyJapanMexicoNetherlandsPolandSaudia ArabiaSingaporeSpainTurkeyUAEUnited KingdomUnited States As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission when you purchase a book via this site. Books: Johan NorbergOpen: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind Johan NorbergBook Purchased: 14 August, 2022 > Tags: collaboration (9) | curiosity (18) | humankind (1) | Johan Norberg (1) | open-mindedness … Continue reading Open: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind Johan Norberg
Gurteen Knowledge Blog May 21, 2023, 14:56In this video, Irshad Manji highlights the importance of harnessing diversity to unite society. She shares five critical skills for constructive conversations: deep breathing for rational thinking finding common ground genuinely exploring others’ perspectives active listening to learn encouraging further dialogue She proposes that adopting these skills fosters healthier outcomes … Continue reading The Importance of Harnessing Diversity to Unite Society Five critical skills for constructive conversations
If a building doesn’t encourage [collaboration], you’ll lose a lot of innovation and the magic that’s sparked by serendipity. So we designed the building to make people get out of their offices and mingle in the central atrium with people they might not otherwise see. Credit: Steve Jobs Quotations: Steve JobsBuildings to Encourage Collaboration Steve … Continue reading Buildings to Encourage Collaboration Steve Jobs
Gurteen Knowledge Blog November 15, 2023, 11:24I recently read an insightful article by John Hagel about shifting leadership models from credentialed experts to passionate explorers. As traditional institutions struggle to adapt, we need leaders who can guide us into the unknown with a spirit of collaboration, trust, and discovery. Rather than top-down control, explorers empower teams … Continue reading The Age of the Explorer Why curiosity and collaboration are the new leadership competencies
The Knowledge Café is often at its best when it is used to convene conversations to give people “a say” in topics and issues that are relevant to them. I received an email in January 2017 from Samira Ahmed of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in which she explained how the Knowledge Management Team had … Continue reading Knowledge Cafés at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Give people a voice
Conversational Leadership is closely related to Knowledge Management. Let’s look at that relationship. Knowledge Management has been around since the mid-90s and has evolved considerably since then. Nancy Dixon, in her article The Three Eras of Knowledge Management from 2017, describes that evolution. Era 1 – Leveraging Explicit Knowledge Era 2 – Leveraging Experiential Knowledge … Continue reading The Four Levels of Knowledge Management The relation between Conversational Leadership and Knowledge Management
Personal change is inevitable We all change over time. The older we get, the more we are aware of how much we have changed. We change gradually in response to many factors: what we are exposed to and how we react to it. In short, our experiences in life. Some of those changes are down … Continue reading Changing People ** What right do we have to try to change someone?
Traditional learning often lacks the ongoing skill-building and problem-solving needed in a changing workplace. Peer learning addresses this through collaboration and reflection to develop new skills. Peer learning is a collaborative approach to learning where individuals learn from and with each other. It’s based on the idea that we can often learn more effectively by … Continue reading Peer Learning Unlocking collective wisdom
Deep-rooted social and health challenges often seem insurmountable in communities worldwide. Positive Deviance (PD), a strategy born from a nutrition project in Vietnam, illuminates the power of outlier practices to combat such issues. Valuing local wisdom and behaviors offers a sustainable blueprint for transformative, community-driven change. In the international development and health sectors, Positive Deviance … Continue reading Positive Deviance An approach to behavioral and social change