Archive for the "Collaboration" category

Modern Plastics Recognizes Power of Responsibility Redefined

The March 2007 issue of Modern Plastics magazine recognizes Partnerwerks client ATEK Plastics for their amazing four-year turn-around story in which Responsibility Redefined played a role in re-building the culture and focusing both leadership and plant employees on a powerful language for ccontinuous improvement. Responsibility Redefined leveraged ATEK's efforts in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, internal […]

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Collaborative Leadership Basics, Part 8: Keys for Creating Designer Norms in Teams

Originally published by the Cutter Consortium Agile Email Advisor. Used with permission.
by Christopher M. Avery, Senior Consultant, Cutter Consortium
More in this seriesCollaborative Leadership Basics:Part 1: Why Is Collaborative Leadership Required for Agile Environments?Part 2: Develop Personal Responsibility for Team ProductivityPart 3: Get in the Same Boat TogetherPart 4: Keys to the Boat — Generating Positive […]

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VisionHolder? My Mom Would Be Proud

Thanks to the graciousness of the people at Heartland, you can listen to my VisionHolder Call interview with Craig Neal. It's 57 minutes long and probes the essence of my work in TeamWisdom and Responsibility Redefined.
Here's the MP3 file.
Craig conducted one of the better interviews I've experienced. His brilliant format includes a Q&A period […]

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Shared Space supports collaboration for innovation

Fellow Cutter consultant Jeroen van Tyn from writes:
Christopher, I'm writing a Cutter Benchmark Review on IT Trends, and one of the trends relates to innovation.  I remember a conversation we had at the Cutter Summit earlier this year, and I wanted to reference something you shared with me.
You made a statement […]

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