A conversation about exploring the collaborative space between individuals, hosted by Karen Gimnig and Paul Tevis.
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"Awesome things end to make room for more awesome things. If we just continue to try to hold on to things that have been great, even when they're still going great, eventually everything has a natural lifecycle and time span to it." Karen & Paul talk about the complexities of ending long-term collaborative projects, using their decision to conclude their podcast, 'Employing Differences,' as a case…
"The greater the skillset of the participants, the less skill the facilitator needs and the greater the skill of the facilitator." Karen & Paul discuss how a meeting participant can help a facilitator during a meeting without undermining their authority.
"If you're the sort of person who naturally dominates conversation, step back. If you're the sort of person who naturally doesn't say anything, step in. And to add some nuance to that, really to think about and to listen for what are things that are being said in the group that's relevant, germane to the topic at hand." Karen & Paul talk about how to be an effective meeting participant, focusing…
"And starting with preparation, which very often we don't think about preparing for a meeting, especially if we're not facilitating. But it's very useful to gather what information you can. If there is an agenda, review it. If there's information that's been sent out, you know, decide how much of it it's useful for you to read and get familiar with." Karen & Paul share effective ways to prepare…
"Part of being a good advisor is trusting the other person to be an expert in their context, in their life, in the things that they're doing and to listen to them when they say things around that." Karen & Paul discuss how to effectively provide advice in a collaborative space, particularly for consultants or advisors who must respect their clients’ autonomy while offering their expertise. They…
"Sometimes what happens is somebody's organizing in a meeting on behalf of others with great intentions, but the others, like the people who are in the conflict, who need to work it out actually are not very interested in doing any work on it." Karen & Paul share how to identify and address meetings that are inherently impossible to facilitate successfully. They share insights on recognizing…
" If we're gonna ask, it needs to have something, we need to know what we're gonna do with it. Because when people know that they're supposed to ask for feedback about stuff, but they actually have no plan to incorporate any of the ideas that they get. That contributes to, you know, just this feeling of like, well, this is a checkbox, like this is a performative ask." Karen & Paul talk about how…
" Give yourself permission to choose the one that serves you best. And if you're in a community space or a teamwork space or a job kind of space, that doesn't just mean you can do the thing that's entirely selfish, but you can selfishly do the thing that gives me the community that I want." Karen & Paul share the concept of intentional choice and its importance in relationships and community…
" What is vulnerable for one person to do in one situation, in one environment is not the same for everybody else and for anyone else in that situation that there are a lot of external factors that play into it as well." Karen & Paul talks about the concept of calibrating vulnerability in collaborative and relational environments. They explore how balancing vulnerability with safety can enhance…
"The idea is that what we know and what we think is what matters, and that ignores the fact that what we think and what we're able to access of what we know are decidedly influenced by what we feel. So the introspection is kind of trying to get all of those pieces together." Karen & Paul discuss the concept of introspection skills and their importance in collaborative relationships. They define…
