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What’s Compassion Got To Do With It?

Tina Turner’s 1984 Grammy Song of the Year asks “What’s love got to do with it?” It turns out that compassion—an element of love—has everything to do with how we talk with one another. Is it a “second-hand” emotion as the song suggests? Compassion might sound like a surprising, even unnecessary, element in meetings. However, to solve complex issues, we need to converse and build relationships with people who have different life experiences and points … Read more…

Inter-organizational Collaboration

Achieving big dreams or tackling big problems often entails working with other organizations. This can be challenging for a number of obvious reasons such as discordant missions and competition for the same resources. It can also be difficult for less obvious reasons such as disparate organization cultures and fear of losing control. We can help you develop and implement an approach that helps all the parties involved deal effectively with these obvious and less obvious … Read more…

Values and Beliefs

To thrive for generations to come, organizations must balance their attention among customers/clients, employees, and resources: communities need to balance their attention among their institutions, the quality of life for all residents, and their resources. Our job is to help our clients make conscious choices about how to achieve this balance and to consider the short and long-term impacts of their decisions. When we work with clients, we keep the following values and beliefs in … Read more…