The Architecture of Creative Collaboration

Successful organizations collaborate to face challenges and adapt to change.

There is a blueprint leaders can use to build creative collaboration in: Organizations, Teams, Boards, and Partnerships.

Gale-force waves of social, technological, political, and environmental changes present extraordinary challenges. Organizations in all sectors (business, nonprofit, education, and government) must learn to adapt to the increasing levels of risk and uncertainty.

An organization’s creative capacity to adapt is the catalyst that turns failure into survival and mediocrity into success.

Every leader and leadership team can design and build a UNITING organization where people work together resourcefully to navigate the turbulent waves of change.

Adaptive capacity requires an organizational culture

with three characteristics:

MINDSET

From the top down, every individual models openness and humility to admit mistakes and turn them into useful lessons.

Quality interactions between teams, divisions, and levels, increase learning velocity and healthy growth.

HEARTSET

A psychologically safe environment encourages everyone’s voice and creative contribution. Leaders foster a sense of belonging, trust, and confidence with decisions and actions that align with core values and guiding principles.

SKILLSET

Dialogue is the foundation practice to structure learning interactions at every level. Diverse perspectives shape wiser plans and stronger decisions.

The mission of Uniting by Design is to help

leaders unite organizations that:

Does your organization want to survive and thrive by uniting and building its adaptive capacity?

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Mark Bennett is someone that I hold in the highest regard for his knowledge, integrity, sense of humor, and far reaching skills. Whether partnering or hiring Mark, I have full confidence that the group I am in will grow on a profound level.

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J. G.
Corporate Training and Development Manager

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