{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"B29U9wVXdcu","title":"TEDx Macatawa 2015 Session 3a:  Seth Starner, Why Collaborate? Why Now?","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-3a-seth-starner-why-collaborate-why-now/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.tedxmacatawa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sethstarner.jpg\"/></p>\n<ul>\n<li>wicked problems in society now</li>\n<li>20th century = good at solving complicated problems - take puzzle pieces and put them together</li>\n<li>can be solved</li>\n<li>21st century = solving complex problems (wicked problems) - global poverty</li>\n<li>race connected to poverty connected to education</li>\n<li>20th century = competition - driven to find the right solutions</li>\n<li>21st century = <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coopetition\">co-opetition</a>- John Nash came up with this idea</li>\n<li>times to collaborate and time to compete</li>\n<li>need to be able to toggle between being collaborative and being competitive</li>\n<li>example is getting educators and businesses collaborating on changing education together</li>\n<li>establish trust</li>\n<li>see shared perspective</li>\n<li>example: collaboration by default: <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_20\">building 20</a>- many physicist gathered together</li>\n<li>being within 10 meters of each other brings about frequent collaboration</li>\n<li>types of collaboration: - black hole collaboration: agree on problem but can’t work together for solution</li>\n<li>civil war collaboration: can’t agree on a problem</li>\n<li>productive collaboration:  bring together a tribe/community by design - shared experience</li>\n<li>common understanding</li>\n<li>building to build</li>\n<li>actively building a small community around a problem</li>\n<li>allow for divergence AND convergence</li>\n<li>deconstruct assumptions and eliminate bad ideas</li>\n<li>language trajectory of collaboration - we can do better</li>\n<li>yes, and</li>\n<li>what if…</li>\n<li>how might we…</li>\n<li>what are we learning? (other people )</li>\n<li>how can we scale?</li>\n<li>language trajectory ofstatus quo - yes, but</li>\n<li>we’re good</li>\n<li>we’ve tried that</li>\n<li>that won’t work because</li>\n<li>we know it wouldn’t work</li>\n<li>this will cannibalize our business</li>\n<li>Tribing = creating wicked solutions - system based</li>\n<li>cross-sector/cross silo</li>\n<li>engage &amp; design for behavior change</li>\n<li>aim for simplexity (simpler not simple)</li>\n<li>iterative</li>\n<li>dynamic &amp; agile approach</li>\n<li>“Let’s collaborate!”</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"wicked problems in society now\n\n20th century = good at solving complicated problems - take puzzle pieces and put them together\n\ncan be solved\n\n21st century = solving complex problems (wicked problems) - global poverty\n\nrace connected to poverty connected to education\n\n20th century = competition - driven to find the right solutions\n\n21st century = co-opetition - John Nash came up with this idea\n\ntimes to collaborate and time to compete\n\nneed to be able to toggle between being collaborative and being competitive\n\nexample is getting educators and businesses collaborating on changing education together\n\nestablish trust\n\nsee shared perspective\n\nexample: collaboration by default: building 20 - many physicist gathered together\n\nbeing within 10 meters of each other brings about frequent collaboration\n\ntypes of collaboration: - black hole collaboration: agree on problem but can’t work together for solution\n\ncivil war collaboration: can’t agree on a problem\n\nproductive collaboration: bring together a tribe/community by design - shared experience\n\ncommon understanding\n\nbuilding to build\n\nactively building a small community around a problem\n\nallow for divergence AND convergence\n\ndeconstruct assumptions and eliminate bad ideas\n\nlanguage trajectory of collaboration - we can do better\n\nyes, and\n\nwhat if…\n\nhow might we…\n\nwhat are we learning? (other people )\n\nhow can we scale?\n\nlanguage trajectory ofstatus quo - yes, but\n\nwe’re good\n\nwe’ve tried that\n\nthat won’t work because\n\nwe know it wouldn’t work\n\nthis will cannibalize our business\n\nTribing = creating wicked solutions - system based\n\ncross-sector/cross silo\n\nengage & design for behavior change\n\naim for simplexity (simpler not simple)\n\niterative\n\ndynamic & agile approach\n\n“Let’s collaborate!”\n\nCategories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2015-03-12T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:32:32.514Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"session-3a-seth-starner-why-collaborate-why-now","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-3a-seth-starner-why-collaborate-why-now/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/B29U9wVXdcu/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/B29U9wVXdcu/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/session-3a-seth-starner-why-collaborate-why-now/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Thu Mar 12 2015","date_published_ms":1426176000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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