A session aimed at encouraging diversity and collaboration in leadership is one of the featured workshops at this year’s CORROSION 2017 Conference & Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Held on Thursday, March 30, the focus of the half-day session is to inform attendees of what they can do to unleash the collaborative intelligence of any group, team, or division.
“In our flat, fast, interconnected world, organizations are struggling to bust silos, accelerate past bottlenecks, and get people to engage like owners,” says Karen Dawson, an executive coach, organizational consultant, and founder of the Deeper Funner Change project—which promises to help clients develop next-generation methods of collaboration.
“What’s clear is that we can’t just do what we’ve been doing, faster,” adds Dawson, who will lead the workshop. “Gender balancing and diversity initiatives haven’t created the hoped-for shifts, and there is growing evidence that there are new ways of working that give organizations a whole new superpower. Collaborative intelligence is about producing results, not just playing nicely together in the sandbox!”
According to Dawson, leading academic and industry scholars are studying what is different in teams that consistently solve problems more creatively, pool their knowledge and resources across boundaries, attract top-caliber talent, and keep that talent engaged.
“None of our clients are arguing that they need to make a shift toward a more collaborative culture that engages all of their talent—male, female, veterans, millennials, the entire spectrum of their workforce,” Dawson says. “Their struggle is how to actually do it.”
As part of the March 30 session, Dawson plans to outline specific, hands-on activities that attendees can do to help shift the culture and unleash more collaboration within their specific groups.
For more details on the workshop, visit the CORROSION web site.