Here we are at the last podcast of season 2, episode #41. I finish up this season with a conversation that is really a continuation of the last episode where we talked about collaboration in the world of creating art. I am privileged to speak w...

My guest today is Neville Parker, a sculptor from New Zealand and a keen supporter of a gathering of artists called CollaborationNZ. Today we talk about how he came into a collaborative mindset through CollaborationNZ, how art galleries work, a...

It’s my privilege to speak with Sharon Fraser and Jennifer Chaplin, two of the three founding directors of an Australian consultancy called Clarion Call. Sharon brings her experience in the health system together and Jennifer brings experience ...

I happened across Tai Lake and the Hawaii Artists Collaboration by accident, and I am so grateful that I did. In this episode, Tai shares his perspectives on the creative power of collaboration and the ability to bring together masters of the c...

I am speaking today with Thea Snow, Director with the Centre for Public Impact for Australia and New Zealand. Thea’s worked previously as a lawyer, a civil servant, and as part of the Nesta Innovation Foundation in the United Kingdom. In our co...

This is a solo episode. Just me answering a few questions I’ve received from listeners. I have a chance to share some of my thinking around collaboration, my background, and some of the overlap between good collaboration and good leadership. Pl...

For this episode, I am speaking with Pradeep U.N., who is the Senior Director at Microsoft for Inclusive Innovation and Solutions. Pradeep is also the founder of Truths and Insights, which is a platform to enable good conversations, share our t...

The conversation today is with Oliver Brandes on collaboration and modern water management. Oliver is an economist and lawyer by training and what he would call a trans-disciplinarian by design. He serves as Co-Director of the POLIS Project on ...

In this repost of a season 1 episode, I’m joined by Kerry Graham, one of the co-founders of Collaboration for Impact which is an Australian organization working to support systems-level change on important issues like youth incarceration, socia...

Time for a fantastic conversation with Peter Fisk on how collaboration plays an important role in the success of business. Peter Fisk is a global thought leader, award-winning author and expert advisor, on the future of business, on leadership ...

I’ve always had an interest in design and design thinking, although I’ve never pursued that interest in much depth. Cameron Norman, my guest on this episode of the Cool Collaborations podcast, is a professional designer, psychologist, evaluator...

Time to have some fun. Michael Kerr is my guest for a great conversation on the connections between humor in the workplace and collaboration. Michael is a researcher, writer, and Canadian Hall of Fame Speaker on inspiring workplace cultures and...

Episode #29 is a repost of one of the fantastic conversations from the first season on the Cool Collaborations podcast. For this episode, I tried something a little different. I was joined by both Anthony Boxshall and Max Hardy, from Australia,...

Alex Ryan is my guest for episode #28. Alex helps governments and corporate partners innovate at MaRS Discovery District, in Toronto, Ontario with work in electricity, smart cities, community health. And what really attracted my attention, was ...

It’s #27 and I’m joined by two guests for this episode. Jen Beardsley is the Prize Competitions Program Administrator for the United States Bureau of Reclamation and Taylor Gilliland is the Senior Advisor for Innovation Programs at the National...

For episode #26, I have the distinct pleasure of a conversation with Adam Kahane about his most recent book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together. We discuss what Adam calls t...

Andrew Mangan joins me for episode #25 of the podcast. At the time we recorded the episode, Andrew was the Executive Director of the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development. Andy has recently stepped out of the Executive Dire...

For episode #24, my guest is Kim Hyshka, the Principal of Dialogue Partners and a civic and public engagement expert based in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Kim is all about building capacity in people and communities so they can have meaningful dialo...

Welcome to episode #23 of the Cool Collaborations podcast. My guest today is Paul Thagard, PhD, a is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a Fell...

Here's the second part of my conversation with Ryon Stewart and Christine Jenkins from NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. As Challenge Coordinators at NASA, Ryon and Christine  bring crowdsourcing methods and experti...

Welcome back to Cool Collaborations for Season 2. To kick things off with a bang, I’m joined by Ryon Stewart and Christine Jenkins from NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. Both Ryon and Christine are Challenge Coordinators...

IntroductionFor this solo episode, #20 and the last of my first season before a summer break, I explore and explain some of my own thinking around the question of “What is collaboration?” I delve into the three dynamics that I see ar...

IntroductionIn this episode, we talk through insights into effective collaboration and how our leadership within both collaboration and hard, emotional conversations should be how we all show up in these spaces.Often, we involve...

IntroductionFor episode 18, I’m joined by Gordon Lambert, retired from Suncor and from a 16-month long assignment as interim CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator. We’ve been having some great conversations recently and I’m looking forwa...

Introduction:My guest today is Andrew O’Keeffe, author of Hardwired Humans and The Boss. Coming from a background in human resources, he began to see patterns in the kind of behavior he was seeing in organizations und...