Advanced Collaboration Research

Sharing practical ways to engage in the Collaboration Revolution

Execution: Making the Solution Last Past the Last Meeting

Problem Solutions in themselves are of little use unless correctly applied or implemented. Because of competing priorities, lack of sustained…
Brandon Klein Jul 18, 2005

Self Organizing Teams

Problem People will not be fully engaged to a topic they don’t feel passionate about or feel they are being forced into. They will announce that they…
Brandon Klein Jul 11, 2005

The value in indirection

Problem Frequently we go at a problem in headlong attack, deploying resources in a frontal assault on the details of the issue directly before us,…
Brandon Klein Jul 04, 2005

Iteration, Iteration, Iteration

Problem Trying to materialize a perfect solution is difficult and frustrating at best—one cannot just write it out as if taking dictation. Normal…
Brandon Klein Jun 27, 2005

Lateral thinking/Generative learning

Problem It is hard to understand the value of SCAN, of having all the toys, books, and other “non-business” orientated things, of spending time in…
Brandon Klein Jun 20, 2005

Metaphorical patterns of discovery

Problem Organizations grapple with moving forward by tying to understand the barriers and issues they have to overcome. These are usually met…
Brandon Klein Jun 06, 2005

Intentional experience—design work with wholeness of experience in mind

Problem We sometimes design events by NOT designing them. How easy it is to choose modules, themes or even our words and actions through rote or…
Brandon Klein May 30, 2005

The unsayable must be said—overcoming the tyranny of the open secret

Problem Proper context for the application of any solution can only be accomplished when the real underlying issues, and critical success factors are…
Brandon Klein May 23, 2005

Sleep On It or Sleep On It Twice for Maximum Collaborative Results!

Problem So much information is thrown at participants in a session through activity, exercise, and interactions that it can be overwhelming and…
Brandon Klein May 23, 2005

Discovery requires movement “Travel broadens one so"

Problem You cannot push the boundaries without moving. Often, one doesn’t know what to ask or what they are missing. Stationary thought is…
Brandon Klein May 16, 2005