Category: Featured
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A harmonica, a Zoom call, and a deceptively deep question about peace.
How was your Friday? Picture the scene: A Friday morning Zoom call with the Askara Solutions crew.You’re welcomed by an Indian flute.And we kick off to a harmonica. Live! The agenda?Connecting our judgments and triggers to feelings and needs. Non-violent communication, here we go! Our facilitator Bart Landstra posed a question that has stayed with…
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What is Collective Intelligence?
Yesterday I got a little bogged down in definitions, specifically I was thinking about “collective intelligence”.
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News from the West Coast
San Francisco – I love this city, it’s so great to be back! I arrived towards the end of last week and just about shaking off the jetlag. I have already become good friends with Karl the Fog, and managed to catch my NY Mets lose out again to the SF Giants over the weekend.…
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For “outside-in” thinking to really take off…
Just an observation to wrap up the week: For “outside-in” client-centric thinking to really take off, procurement processes need a major rethink! Remove the barriers. Let your partners reach you, help them help you. Time to kill off the RFP! 😉
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Communications Effort vs. Working Openly
Just had a great conversation that prompted me to have a go at drawing a diagram to visually explain my point, and illustrate some of the implied benefits…. Reactions anyone?

