Tag Archive: collaboration

Group Thoughtwrestling for the Benefit of All

TweetThis past weekend I had the immense pleasure of attending Podcamp Montreal. It’s a wonderful event, full of smart people, all coming together for a weekend of sharing, insight, and learning, and yes, creativity. One of the things I really like about Podcamp’s Un-Conference format is that a lot of the sessions are really discussion-oriented….

Notes from #twchat – Collaboration Jam!

On last night’s #twchat, we talked Collaboration – both on and offline. Given the arena, online collaboration was the real key to the conversation. We talked about how the barriers to effective collusion change online. Without a number of interpersonal cues, we need to be a bit more forgiving of our partners – especially when…

Notes from #twchat – Bringing Ideas to Completion

Author’s Note: These are my notes from #twchat done in much the same way as I post notes from #blogchat on Sundays, and as such will be missing pieces of the conversation. I try to be thorough, but you’ve got to maintain your point of view, right? So – read the notes, and please by…

Thoughtwrestling Moves – Brainstorming

This is the first part of a short series that we’re calling Thoughtwrestling Moves. We’re going to describe a series of tools that you can use to help wrestle your thoughts to the ground, solve problems, and bring your great ideas to life. This is an introduction to each of these tools. There are hundreds…

Tag-Team Thoughtwrestling: Finding Productive Collaborators

I recently reconnected with an old group of online friends.  One of our stalwart band was struggling to solve a problem, and several folks chimed in with advice.  I wanted to share this collaborative problem solving tale with you because it’s a really powerful tool when it’s done the right way. Knowing your collaborators I…