Collaborating on Business Development

Mediate BC October 17, 2011 Ben Ziegler

The world is complex

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Media (R)Evolution

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How do you define business success?

Best practices:

Collaborate, Focus, Innovate

Collaboration is about working together

The real success stories of our time are about good collaboration

What we nurture Our nature

Big challenges to collaboration

Yet… Change happens through conversations

2. Focus

3. Innovate

Learn as you go

Sunlight of thought

Sea of activity

Diversify +

Chance

Go to the people

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And believe in…

teams no bigger than a jazz band,

where structure and creativity meet up,

and innovation happens.

It’s a mediator’s world.

Mediators have the right attitude

Many : 1

Mediators know structure influences behaviour

Mediators are

creative

Mediators work with the flow…

The mediator’s motto:

Mediators know…

Mediators know how to triangulate differences…

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And, get to the sweet spot

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Collaborate

Focus

Innovate

Thank You

Ben Ziegler http://collaborativejourneys.com linkedin: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/benziegler twitter: @benziegler