A story-based case study on effective virtual collaboration.

We don't strive to be different in our approach to collaboration, yet people are often surprised by the counterintuitive approaches we take. After all, colla...

When it comes to people’s approaches to collaboration, there seem to be three general schools of thought: The “Collaboration-is-a-giant-mess-and-you-should-j...

We spiral all the time at CoCreative. No, that doesn’t mean we’re losing it, or stressed out. It means we are constantly sharing, socializing, testing, and s...

For any network we convene, we have found a simple but powerful pattern that helps increase ownership and prevent unproductive conflict (as opposed to produc...

Have you ever been sitting in a meeting and you think that the group is really starting to realize something that they hadn’t understood before, and then the...

Design Tensions are natural features of collaboration. They appear anytime people try to work together—and the more complex and difficult the challenges, the...

We use what we call "Critical Shifts" all the time in our work. They are the most effective and inclusive way we’ve found to help a group define the “problem...

[Here for the Roadmap? Download it here.] On a rainy spring day last April, I was sitting at my desk having an intense phone conversation with a frustrated y...

Here's a kit of simple tools that we often use to help minimize resistance and polarization in groups so they can get and stay aligned in the work and collab...

CoCreative partner Russ Gaskin was interviewed by Christopher Skroupa of Skytop Strategies on how companies can more effectively collaborate with stakeholder...

In a recent article on Tamarack Institute's website, we shared 3 Tools and 3 Tips for Assessing Your Operating Model. ​​ Sometimes, things just don't feel r...