{"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. 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I compete against apathy.”</li>\n<li>“think about how we can work together, with what is, and change the world today”</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"heard music in a different way when listening to Ahmad Jamal , Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival, 1985\n\nbarriers to collaboration - all talk & no listen\n\naccomplishment over experience\n\nlittle boxes\n\ndeath grip for control — worry about the unknown\n\nrecipe first, ingredients second\n\npace – get it done yesterday\n\nhttp://www.michiganbrewersguild.com - collaboration started by talking about what various brewers had in common\n\n1st Michigan Beer Festival was a common project to work on together\n\nfamiliarity helped people work together and not demonize the others\n\nby working together they could welcome talent\n\nlook for atypical collaborators in the world\n\nCarhart Woodsman Collaboration - shared stories about each organization\n\nconversations bring things we have in common\n\nby looking less literally they saw they had community\n\nhorses - getting spooked blocks communication\n\nloosen grip and let things look different and have a 2-way dialog\n\n“from conversation comes leadership, from leadership comes trust”\n\nbeginning cook - take a look at what is around us first and be a curator for those things and make things from them\n\nart is about celebrating beauty around you\n\nfocus on “what is” and going from there\n\ncollaboration takes time and conversation - be patient and allow time, growth, conversation\n\nnurtures growth and root stock\n\nthe collaboration posture - learn to listen\n\ncontribute to the greater good\n\nwelcome talent besides our own\n\nembrace sibling rivalry\n\ncommunity made from shared ideals,\n\n….and more…..\n\n“passions transcend our jobs” - our passions will follow us everywhere\n\nbe inspired by the passions of others\n\na return to a connected lifestyle is happening all around us\n\n“I don’t compete against my collaborators. 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