The document discusses strategies for successful business collaboration and development. It recommends collaborating by working together with others, focusing efforts on key priorities, and innovating by learning through experience and embracing change. Mediators are presented as ideal for facilitating collaboration as they understand how to structure interactions, work creatively within groups, and resolve differences to find mutually agreeable solutions.

1. Collaborating
on Business Development
Mediate BC
October 17, 2011
Ben Ziegler

2. The world is complex

3. Photo: epsos.de on Fl

4. Media (R)Evolution

5. Photo: chimothy27 on flickr

7. Power Law (aka Long Tail)
Head
Popularity
Long Tail
Products

8. Law of accelerating returns
technology in mass use
1
10
years before new
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24
60
1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
New technologies erupt at increasingly rapid pace

9. Today?

12. #occupywallstreet
Photo: david_shankbone on flickr

13. How do you define
business success?

15. Best practices:
Collaborate, Focus, Innovate

16. Collaboration is about
working together

17. The real success stories of our time are
about good collaboration

18. Big challenges to collaboration
Our nature What we nurture

19. Yet… Change happens through conversations

21. 2. Focus

26. 3. Innovate

27. Learn as you go
Sunlight of
thought
Sea of activity

28. Diversify
+
Chance

29. Go to the
people
Photo : andrewcparnell on Flickr

30. $4.99

33. And believe in…

34. teams no bigger than a jazz band,

35. where structure and
creativity meet up,

36. and innovation happens.

37. It’s a mediator’s world.

38. Mediators have the
right attitude
Many : 1

39. Mediators know
structure influences
behaviour

40. Mediators
are
creative

41. Mediators work with the
flow…

42. The mediator’s motto:

43. Mediators know…

44. Mediators know how to
triangulate differences…
Photo : Rainer Ebert on Flickr

45. And, get to the sweet spot

46. Mediators bring joy
Photo : nattu on Flickr

47. Collaborate
Focus
Innovate

48. Thank You

49. Ben Ziegler
http://collaborativejourneys.com
linkedin: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/benziegler
twitter: @benziegler