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Feb 4, 2021

End-of-Year Journey Mapping: How My 2020 Went and How 2021 Is Looking

Four years ago, I started organizing a small end-of-year gathering with other Bay Area collaboration practitioners to celebrate and make meaning of the year together. We would spend the first few hours of our session mapping how our individual years went using an exercise called Journey Mapping, then we would…

Storytelling

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End-of-Year Journey Mapping: How My 2020 Went and How 2021 Is Looking
End-of-Year Journey Mapping: How My 2020 Went and How 2021 Is Looking
Storytelling

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Nov 12, 2020

What I’ve Learned About Building Collaboration Muscles

It’s now been seven years since I first started exploring a simple hypothesis: Collaboration is a muscle (or, rather, a set of muscles) You strengthen these muscles by exercising them repeatedly (i.e. practice) Our current orientation toward collaboration is knowledge-centric, not practice-centric. No one expects anyone to get good at…

Collaboration

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What I’ve Learned About Building Collaboration Muscles
What I’ve Learned About Building Collaboration Muscles
Collaboration

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Jul 24, 2020

Doing “More” Is a Terrible Goal

When I was in my early 20s, I used to play pickup basketball with a guy who was 20 years older than me, but didn’t look it. He was in superb shape, and he never seemed to get injured. At one of our games, I sprained my ankle, and when…

Strategy

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Doing “More” Is a Terrible Goal
Doing “More” Is a Terrible Goal
Strategy

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Jul 2, 2020

Do the Work

It’s been one month since a white police officer in Minneapolis murdered George Floyd, a 46-year old Black father of five. I’ve found the subsequent response remarkable for its intensity, unprecedented diversity, and impact. …

George Floyd

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Do the Work
Do the Work
George Floyd

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May 20, 2020

Case Study: Designing and Facilitating a Small Nonprofit Board Retreat with Zoe Tamaki

Over the past two years, I helped designed and facilitate two annual board retreats for a small nonprofit with my colleague, Zoe Tamaki. I don’t typically do one-offs like this, but the executive director was a friend of mine, and I was looking for an excuse to work with and…

Case Study

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Case Study: Designing and Facilitating a Small Nonprofit Board Retreat with Zoe Tamaki
Case Study: Designing and Facilitating a Small Nonprofit Board Retreat with Zoe Tamaki
Case Study

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May 4, 2020

The Emperor Has No Clothes: Acting Strategically While Recovering from Process Trauma

A huge part of my job over the years has been helping groups recover from Process Trauma (and its ugly cousin Consultant Trauma). It’s caused when a group goes through some kind of process, such as strategic planning, and has a horrible experience. …

Strategic Planning

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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Acting Strategically While Recovering from Process Trauma
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Acting Strategically While Recovering from Process Trauma
Strategic Planning

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Apr 13, 2020

Online Collaboration Isn’t Just About Meetings

COVID-19 has forced many of us to reckon with a working world where we can’t be face-to-face. I’ve been heartened to see how collaboration practitioners have been responding overall. I love seeing folks tapping the wisdom of their own groups before looking outward and sharing their knowledge freely and broadly. …

Online Collaboration

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Online Collaboration Isn’t Just About Meetings
Online Collaboration Isn’t Just About Meetings
Online Collaboration

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Mar 23, 2020

Freaking Out Is Part of Systems Change

We are in the midst of a global pandemic. Re-reading those last two words still feels bonkers to me, even though it’s been almost three months since the first reported case of COVID-19 and almost two weeks since the World Health Organization (WHO) made its official declaration. I had been…

Collaboration

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Freaking Out Is Part of Systems Change
Freaking Out Is Part of Systems Change
Collaboration

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·Feb 12, 2020

From Go-Go-Go to Going Slow: Lessons from My Own Painful, but Ultimately Successful Journey

I discovered weights freshman year in college, and as a weak and skinny kid, I found them to be a revelation. One of my friends had played football in high school, and he and I would work out together often. …

Self Care

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From Go-Go-Go to Going Slow: Lessons from My Own Painful, but Ultimately Successful Journey
From Go-Go-Go to Going Slow: Lessons from My Own Painful, but Ultimately Successful Journey
Self Care

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Jan 16, 2020

Confronting Despair, Building Muscles, and Saving Democracy (and the World)

For the past 18 years, I have begun almost every introductory conversation about my work with the following questions: What was your best experience collaborating with others? What would your life be like if all of your collaborative experiences were at least as good as your best? What would the…

Collaboration

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Confronting Despair, Building Muscles, and Saving Democracy (and the World)
Confronting Despair, Building Muscles, and Saving Democracy (and the World)
Collaboration

10 min read

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Eugene Eric Kim

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Collaboration Coach, Trainer, and Designer. @fasterthan20

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