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A Framework for Respecting Others
Executive coach Kim Scott emphasizes the importance of “Radical Respect” in the workplace, advocating for unconditional regard for others to foster collaboration and individuality, while introducing a behavioral compass to help avoid detrimental behaviors that erode respect and trust.
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Radical Respect at Work
In a video lesson, executive coach Kim Scott emphasizes that radical respect—valuing individuals for their inherent worth rather than just their accomplishments—is foundational for fostering deeper collaboration and stronger performance within teams.
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Radical Respect at Work
To foster a collaborative and respectful work environment, Kim Scott emphasizes the importance of respecting colleagues as individuals, even if you disagree with their opinions, ultimately creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.
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Building a Group of People to Go With You
Psychologist John Amaechi emphasizes that, like Luke Skywalker, real-world success relies on building a supportive network—your own Rebel Alliance—of people who share your vision and help you stay focused and motivated through challenges.
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Interrogate Ideas
Effective brainstorming in business innovation requires a two-phase approach: an expansive, criticism-free brainstorming session followed by “agitated inquiry,” where diverse perspectives challenge ideas through structured debate to ensure sound decision-making and prevent groupthink.
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Help Your Audience Adopt Your Perspective
Nancy Duarte emphasizes that effective storytelling starts with listening to your team, understanding their challenges, and using their insights to create a narrative framework that fosters resilience and drives transformation within the organization.
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How to Make Your Unique Ideas Matter
The term “onlyness,” coined by marketing expert Nilofer Merchant, highlights that each individual’s unique qualities represent irreplaceable value in any industry, setting them apart from the competition.
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Get Big Things Done with Remote Teams
Remote teams can be as effective as in-office ones when managed well, offering unique benefits that include improved communication, trust, and agility, but require intentional strategies to overcome physical, operational, and affinity distances.
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The 4 Benefits of Remote Teams
Despite misconceptions about virtual teams’ productivity, effective management can bridge interpersonal gaps through improved communication, reduced inefficiencies, and a focus on trust-building, ultimately enabling organizations to hire top talent while minimizing biases.
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Leverage the 3 Types of Connectors
Diverse communities outperform homogenous ones by leveraging various connectional intelligences—Thinkers, Enablers, and Connection Executors—each suited for different organizational phases, as taught by Erica Dhawan in her lesson on maximizing team effectiveness through strategic collaboration.
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The 5 C’s of Connectional Intelligence
Erica Dhawan outlines five traits—curiosity, combination, courage, community, and combustion—that enhance connectional intelligence (CxQ) to foster innovation, illustrated by Colgate-Palmolive’s successful problem-solving approach with a new fluoride toothpaste.
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Connectional Intelligence 101
In her critique of Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point,” Erica Dhawan argues that today’s social trends no longer rely on a few well-connected individuals, emphasizing the importance of Connectional Intelligence (CxQ) in leveraging diverse networks and relationships to drive value and innovation.
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How to Supercharge Collaboration
Collaboration consultant Erica Dhawan argues that while IQ and emotional intelligence were once prioritized, connectional intelligence (CxQ) is now essential for achieving success in the 21st century.
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Become Your Organization’s Most Valuable Kind of Employee
In this video lesson, Neil Irwin emphasizes the importance of teamwork and communication skills in today’s organizations, advocating for individuals to become “glue people” who enhance team dynamics while also challenging themselves to develop new skills and seek diverse opportunities.
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Design Your Organization for Maximum Creative Capacity
John Cleese and Natalie Nixon emphasize that fostering creativity in organizations requires allowing time for play, which enhances problem-solving and collaboration, while advocating for diverse hiring practices and innovative meeting structures to support a culture of creativity.
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A Leader’s Guide to Building Organizational CQ
Natalie Nixon emphasizes the importance of cultivating creativity quotients (CQs) in organizations, alongside IQ and EQ, by integrating gratitude, humility, curiosity, empathy, and action to enhance problem-solving and foster productive interactions.
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The 3i Creativity Model (Improvisation)
Successful teams, much like jazz ensembles, thrive on fluidity and adaptability, embracing mistakes as opportunities for growth while fostering a culture of improvisation and collaboration to navigate constantly changing environments.
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The 3i Creativity Method (Inquiry)
Natalie Nixon emphasizes the importance of questioning for creativity, advocating for a blend of divergent, convergent, and hybrid questions while embracing ambiguity to foster collaboration and innovation within teams.
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Using Inquiry to Drive Innovation
Natalie Nixon, founder of Figure 8 Thinking, advocates for embracing a child’s relentless curiosity and asking more questions to ignite creativity, discussing various question types and the importance of leaning into ambiguity in her video.
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How to Unlock Everyday Creativity
In this class, Natalie Nixon, founder of Figure 8 Thinking, explores her 3i Creativity Model, a framework designed to enhance individual creativity and drive organizational innovation for greater relevance and success.
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How to Turn Four Communication Breakdowns into Breakthroughs
Effective communication often falters due to misunderstandings of intellectual diversity, but by recognizing different attention triggers and adjusting your approach—such as using clear subject lines, summarizing key points, or asking guiding questions—you can transform potential breakdowns into breakthroughs.
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Understand How Different Minds Work
Effective communication often falters not due to clarity or attention but because of inherent differences in how individuals process information, termed “mind patterns,” which are crucial for enhancing connectional intelligence (CQ).
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Energize Yourself and Others
Burnout in the workplace is widespread due to a culture that pressures individuals to excel in all areas, while leveraging diverse “thinking talents”—analytic, procedural, relational, and innovative—can energize employees and help prevent burnout.
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A New Professional Currency
Angie McArthur emphasizes that “collaborative intelligence” (CQ) is essential for professional success, urging organizations to assess and enhance their CQ by evaluating collaboration quality among colleagues and fostering a mindshare mindset to share and grow ideas collectively.
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Collaborate Intelligently
In a complex marketplace, organizations must leverage human potential and overcome challenges in mind sharing through collaborative intelligence, as emphasized by Angie McArthur, to enhance creative problem-solving beyond mere intelligence.
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How to Lead with AI
As generative AI transforms society, leaders must model responsible use by fostering collaboration, setting realistic guidelines, encouraging exploration, creating a cooperative culture, ensuring data privacy, and demonstrating effective AI practices to guide their teams.
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Using AI as a Sounding Board
In this video lesson, Professor Ethan Mollick discusses how incorporating AI as a brainstorming partner can enhance creativity by generating unconventional ideas, encouraging high-variance thinking, and ultimately revolutionizing the innovation process.
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Navigate Tension Among Passionate People
Restaurateur Will Guidara emphasizes that passionate disagreements can lead to innovation, advocating for empathy and collaboration by switching perspectives, seeking third options, or occasionally allowing one person to lead, to navigate conflicts effectively.
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Unify Employee Affinity Groups
Kenji Yoshino discusses Robert Putnam’s bonding and bridging capital, emphasizing that while bonding capital unites individuals within groups, bridging capital fosters connections across diverse groups, advocating for combined bonding and bridging activities to prevent isolation in organizations.