Collaboration blog

Creating a collaborative workplace culture

by Janet Sernack|10 April 201929 September 2019|Collaboration blog, Culture blog

Some CEO’S, executive teams, and leaders mistakenly assume that organisational culture is simply a social phenomenon that they have no control over, and cannot impact. Yet, according to Gallup, CEO’s, executive teams and leaders are the key catalysts towards creating...

Developing a collaborative work environment

by Janet Sernack|07 August 201823 September 2019|Collaboration blog

We all know that you can’t innovate if you don’t collaborate, yet how do we manage to take the time to have the courageous, candid and creative conversations that a collaborative work environment requires? Conflicting priorities and ever-present digital media...

Leveraging the “beautiful game” of effective teamwork and collaboration

by Janet Sernack|18 July 201730 May 2019|Collaboration blog, Leadership blog

Soccer – often referred to as the “beautiful game” – represents the best example of a sport with teams charged to perform their work under changing conditions. The best soccer teams in the world succeed by applying a mindset that...

A new collaborative leadership model

by Janet Sernack|15 June 201730 May 2019|Collaboration blog, Leadership blog

We have all used metaphors to help explain things, including understanding the nature of change. For many, this includes the use of the sports metaphor. American football, for example, has been frequently used to explain how business works, what effective...

Creativity as a collaborative process

by Janet Sernack|02 November 201508 August 2019|Collaboration blog

Every once in a while, an amazing book drops off the shelf, in front of your eyes and into your hands and resonates with you at the core of your being. ‘Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the unseen forces that stand in...

Teaming innovation for collaboration

by Janet Sernack|30 September 201508 August 2019|Collaboration blog

A new fluid and agile team paradigm is emerging in the 21st century is compelling groups and teams to work more like an improvisational jazz ensemble rather than as conducted static orchestras. This is because work frequently occurs now within...

Leadership role – leaders as connectors

by Janet Sernack|01 May 201418 June 2019|Collaboration blog, Leadership blog

Living in Israel for 6 years gave me the opportunity to experience me a range of challenging harsh realities, including - “if you don’t network, you don’t work”! Like many of us, I developed my consulting, learning and development business in...

Shaping capacity for innovation

by Janet Sernack|22 August 201210 June 2019|Collaboration blog

At ImagineNation™ we have spent 2 years researching, deciphering and evolving the concept of innovative eco-systems and explored how this concept could be applied at the individual, team, organisation and national levels. We found that the concept of a business...

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