by Carlo Cuesta | Oct 27, 2015 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Uncategorized
How do we ask a community what it needs? By recognizing our individual assumptions and biases as well as letting go of what we think are the answers. We need to bring ourselves and our… Respect for each individual’s experience Recognition of strengths and assets...
by Carlo Cuesta | Sep 30, 2015 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Uncategorized
What Makes a Great Board Member? One who sees the life of the organization within the life of the community. Great board members seek to answer these questions… What are the needs of the community? Which of these needs is our mission best positioned to address?...
by Carlo Cuesta | Sep 24, 2015 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Uncategorized
Can one individual’s passion change the world? Only if you invite others to engage, harmonizing multiple passions into a way forward. Here’s our recipe: Understand your own passion Seek out different insights Forge connections Invite co-ownership Create and lead...
by Carlo Cuesta | Feb 13, 2015 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
By Carlo M. Cuesta At Creation In Common, we spend much of our time facilitating collaborations with organizational leaders and have learned a great deal from individuals who have mastered the art of teaming with other creative people. Here are a few major take aways:...
by Carlo Cuesta | Feb 4, 2015 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
By Anne Jin Soo Preston As Carlo and I have been exploring what makes a successful collaboration, I was reminded of the story of stone soup. I decided to look up the story to refresh my memory and never realized there were so many versions that spanned from not...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jan 25, 2015 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
By Carlo M. Cuesta The first trip I ever made to Minnesota was in 1980 just before the Winter Olympic Games. My dad was directing a television commercial for Kirin Beer (the official beer of the US Olympic Team… go figure) and they needed a snowy lake to film a...
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