Advanced Collaboration Research

Sharing practical ways to engage in the Collaboration Revolution

Icebreakers Are Terrible. They Also, Unfortunately, Work Really Well.

And the third and most important purpose is encouraging people to talk about themselves. “That’s the foundation of relationships: self-disclosure,”…
Brandon Klein Sep 19, 2016

Excess Management Is Costing the U.S. $3 Trillion Per Year

In total, then, there are 21.4 million employees in the U.S. workforce — 12.5 million managers and the equivalent of 8.9 million individual…
Brandon Klein Sep 09, 2016

How a great conversation is like a game of catch

As a radio host, Celeste Headlee has engaged in her fair share of discussions, and she’s thought a lot about how to bring out the best in a…
Brandon Klein Aug 27, 2016

The Neuroscience of Everybody's Favorite Topic

Human beings are social animals. We spend large portions of our waking hours communicating with others, and the possibilities for conversation are…
Brandon Klein Aug 27, 2016

5 Ideo Kickstarting Exercises

More and more designers are using improv games in order to get groups in the mood to collaborate. There are many of these games, taught at places…
Brandon Klein Aug 27, 2016

Participatory Organizations, Patterns, Processes & Tools — An Overview & Taxonomy

By Christopher Allen — ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com — Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0
Brandon Klein Aug 09, 2016

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Brandon Klein Jul 15, 2016

Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.

Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.
Brandon Klein Jul 13, 2016

The Secrets of Great Teamwork

Today’s teams are different from the teams of the past: They’re far more diverse, dispersed, digital, and dynamic (with frequent changes in…
Brandon Klein Jul 13, 2016

Beyond the Holacracy Hype

Deciding where to apply self-management in an organization hinges on three questions: What needs to be reliable? What kinds of adaptation are…
Brandon Klein Jul 13, 2016