Comments for Partnership & Possibilities http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog A Journal about Collaborative Workplaces Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:40:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Work-Life Balance: What Does It Mean to You? by David Greusel http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2012/02/01/work-life-balance-what-does-it-mean-to-you/#comment-42367 David Greusel Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:20:33 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=158#comment-42367 Diana, Sharon, Thanks for mentioning my blog post about "The Myth of Work-Life Balance." I probably should expand the post, because deconstructing that myth is pretty central to what we're doing at Convergence Design. In fact, the name of the firm is a pointer to the notion that we are trying to converge work, family and community commitments into a seamless whole. I'd say it's going pretty well, but we have a lot to learn. Thanks for being part of the conversation. David Greusel, FAIA, Principal Convergence Design Diana, Sharon,

Thanks for mentioning my blog post about “The Myth of Work-Life Balance.” I probably should expand the post, because deconstructing that myth is pretty central to what we’re doing at Convergence Design. In fact, the name of the firm is a pointer to the notion that we are trying to converge work, family and community commitments into a seamless whole. I’d say it’s going pretty well, but we have a lot to learn. Thanks for being part of the conversation.

David Greusel, FAIA, Principal
Convergence Design

]]> Comment on Circles and Soup by Søren Stistrup http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/26/circles-and-soup/#comment-39659 Søren Stistrup Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:50:49 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=134#comment-39659 This is a great activity... I've use it several times, and seen how teams caught in the blame game, can lift them selves out of the soup, and into the field where they are able to act. Not only responsibility are addressed, but also acceptance of the given conditions. It is an activity that brings the prayer "Give me strength to accept the things I can not change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference" into real life. This is a great activity…

I’ve use it several times, and seen how teams caught in the blame game, can lift them selves out of the soup, and into the field where they are able to act.

Not only responsibility are addressed, but also acceptance of the given conditions.

It is an activity that brings the prayer “Give me strength to accept the things I can not change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference” into real life.

]]> Comment on Draw Deborah a Picture by Zarzadzanie http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2009/10/29/draw-deborah-a-picture/#comment-36708 Zarzadzanie Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:42:21 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=117#comment-36708 I and also my buddies were found to be following the good tactics from your web blog and then then developed a horrible suspicion I never expressed respect to the website owner for them. Those guys appeared to be for this reason glad to study them and have now truly been using those things. Appreciation for truly being well kind and then for going for some extraordinary areas most people are really wanting to understand about. My very own sincere apologies for not expressing appreciation to earlier. I and also my buddies were found to be following the good tactics from your web blog and then then developed a horrible suspicion I never expressed respect to the website owner for them. Those guys appeared to be for this reason glad to study them and have now truly been using those things. Appreciation for truly being well kind and then for going for some extraordinary areas most people are really wanting to understand about. My very own sincere apologies for not expressing appreciation to earlier.

]]> Comment on Circles and Soup by Scott Dunn http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/26/circles-and-soup/#comment-34987 Scott Dunn Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:53:03 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=134#comment-34987 Good stuff, Diana! I was came across this from Luke's post on Tasty Cupcakes, and this is perfect timing for a need on a team I'm working with. Thanks! Good stuff, Diana! I was came across this from Luke’s post on Tasty Cupcakes, and this is perfect timing for a need on a team I’m working with. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Circles and Soup by Agile Innovation Games | Agile Scout http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/26/circles-and-soup/#comment-32701 Agile Innovation Games | Agile Scout Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:42:11 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=134#comment-32701 [...] The goal of this game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors [...] […] The goal of this game, introduced by Diana Larsen, is to efficiently form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis by recognizing factors […]

]]> Comment on Circles and Soup by Circles and Soup « TastyCupcakes.org http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/26/circles-and-soup/#comment-32685 Circles and Soup « TastyCupcakes.org Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:33:53 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=134#comment-32685 [...] The goal of Diana Larsen’s game is to efficiently collaborate to form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis. Clicking [...] […] The goal of Diana Larsen’s game is to efficiently collaborate to form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis. Clicking […]

]]> Comment on Circles and Soup by Gamestorming » Blog Archive » Circles and Soup http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/26/circles-and-soup/#comment-32624 Gamestorming » Blog Archive » Circles and Soup Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:45:23 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=134#comment-32624 [...] room, knocking out any practical ideas for future improvement. Fortunately, with Diana Larsen’s Circles and Soup, you can now efficiently collaborate to form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis. By [...] […] room, knocking out any practical ideas for future improvement. Fortunately, with Diana Larsen’s Circles and Soup, you can now efficiently collaborate to form high-quality plans through retrospective analysis. By […]

]]> Comment on Plus/Minus/Interesting by Per Olsen http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2009/09/02/plusminusinteresting/#comment-22165 Per Olsen Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:26:04 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=116#comment-22165 You will learn that of Edward de Bono's tools was originally designed to help high performance teams. In fact you can build a highperformance team without any other "add-ons", just by implementing the Six Thinking Hats and a few other of the key concepts from lateral thinking -- or you could try to do it the hard way. :-) You will learn that of Edward de Bono’s tools was originally designed to help high performance teams. In fact you can build a highperformance team without any other “add-ons”, just by implementing the Six Thinking Hats and a few other of the key concepts from lateral thinking — or you could try to do it the hard way. :-)

]]> Comment on Avoidable Heroism by insurance billing http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/29/avoidable-heroism/#comment-21684 insurance billing Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:24:35 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/?p=142#comment-21684 Avoidable heroism - this is the new philosophy of the millenum - once those terms were astablished by the existentialism theories by Nitshe, Sartar Etc. :) Avoidable heroism - this is the new philosophy of the millenum - once those terms were astablished by the existentialism theories by Nitshe, Sartar Etc. :)

]]> Comment on FRIM: Another Way to Gather Data by Chris Hedgate » Blog Archive » Retrospective tip: Let activities build upon each other http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2007/04/27/frim-another-way-to-gather-data/#comment-19976 Chris Hedgate » Blog Archive » Retrospective tip: Let activities build upon each other Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:31:46 +0000 http://www.futureworksconsulting.com/blog/2007/04/27/frim-another-way-to-gather-data/#comment-19976 [...] on the wall and we then moved on to a second activity for gathering data, Diana Larsen’s FRIM which is one of my favorites for this. At this stage we did not talk more about the dimensions of [...] […] on the wall and we then moved on to a second activity for gathering data, Diana Larsen’s FRIM which is one of my favorites for this. At this stage we did not talk more about the dimensions of […]

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