Building Collaborative Advantage
This article is part 2 in a four part series on collaboration. Part 1 focused on how to build a powerful professional network with entry-level talent. Here we present strategies and tactics for building the capacity and capabilities for authentic…
How Drawing Together Enhances Creativity
Collaborative drawing is a great way to build trust and foster creativity on your team. This article demonstrates how drawing together enhances creativity. A few weeks ago Vancity’s Learning and Development team worked together to create an impact map of…
Five Tips for Collaborating on Passion Projects
Kurt Heinrich and I have known each other for over a decade and we have worked together on dozens of projects ranging from road trips to fundraising campaigns to this website. In order to achieve success on a project the…
Five Tips for Throwing Awesome Dinner Parties
This past Saturday my lovely wife, who is also her own woman, Michelle and I hosted four friends for dinner and the experience was spectacular. Here’s how to host awesome dinner parties. Host Awesome Dinner Parties One of my favourite ways…
Lifeboat: Enhancing the Potential of Friendships
The Opener | Rediscover Great Friendship with Lifeboat The Potentiality inspires and educates changemakers who are passionate about building community and enhancing well-being. We research and present stories, tools and ideas that help communities realize their potential. One of the…
Reach Your Potential Today, Tomorrow and Forever
The Potentiality is a new project from Michael Boronowski, Kurt Heinrich and John Horn, the guys who brought you four years of The Daily Gumboot. With insight and tips from a team of writers from around the world, The Potentiality’s…
Communities of Practice Make Perfect
It is through open and intentioned collaboration that human beings realize the potential – the best version – of their communities. After all, we’re social creatures hardwired to work together. I got to thinking about super-collaboration because of my pre-class…