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Collaborative Factor: Your Ideas Increase Exponentially!

The human brain has roughly 100 billion neurons which are designed to receive, process and transmit information. Creativity is a physiological event that is triggered when our brain generates new neural connections. And that happens through exposure to and exploration of a multiplicity of different perspectives, opinions, ideas.  Conversations are the vehicle for that exposure and exploration and the Collaborative Factor leading to new insights and innovation.

 “We get more good ideas by connecting them than by protecting them” 

Prior to the Enlightenment, people lived more individually. Gatherings were less frequent and, when they occurred, were formal and structured with clear, agendas. Later, as coffee and tea were introduced and affordable to the masses, people began frequenting coffee houses and socializing in new ways.  There, they began engaging in informal conversations without particular agendas, more aimless. This type of interaction allowed people to present themselves more fully and fostered a rich environment of collaboration and sharing of fresh ideas.  (Starbucks has leveraged this experience successfully and built it into their brand).  So, invigorated and eager to connect with others, ideas began flowing. There was a profusion of notable innovations in art and literature, philosophy, science and technology, politics, and architecture.

Again, spontaneous genius rarely occurs. We can’t create in a vacuum. If we don’t have access to new concepts, we remain locked in our own agenda, restricted to our own concerns and opinions and worse, we remain territorial and don’t want to “give away our secrets”.  How does that behavior serve us or the world?

According to Susan Scott, author of Fierce Conversations (Fierce Conversations) and Alisa Deitz, Coach and Courageous Conversations Facilitator, (Alisa Deitz) interesting, serendipitous and brave conversations build those new brain neural connections needed for creativity. Conversations enable ideas to be born, to be shared, to be nurtured, and to blossom. It is the nature of how our ideas are shared, how they connect with other ideas and how we perceive the connection at a specific moment that creates profound results.

Imagine Doubling or Tripling Your Talent, Intelligence and Experience. What would that mean for YOUR success?
 
Indeed, there must be keen respect for proprietary information; and you’ve no doubt heard me write about the importance of protecting your intellectual property (for legal advice: Renee Duff, Esquire), however, Innovations take root in an open, fertile information environment where there is a wealth of conflicting, exceptional, contradictory, unexpected, astonishing perspectives. They germinate over time before manifesting. And the collaborative factor is part of the incubator process.  In the right environment your ideas can explode exponentially!

 How Can You Experience The Collaborative Factor?

I’ve been invited to work with select, leading edge organizations and not-for-profits – to consult, design, and facilitate custom-designed Collaborative programs for their members at New York Women Social Entrepreneurs and Dynamite Youth Center Foundation.  Additionally, I host “public” workshops.  Please contact me directly to explore how collaboration can make a difference to your success and/or your organization’s success.

AND…did you know…

I am almost finished writing an e-book, along with my business partner at A Seat At the Table www.poshplacecards.com, Gail Bigley, on Intentional Entertaining.  This is taking our concept of conversation starter place cards and applying the theme to successful social entertaining.

Janet Wise, MS  Founder The Collaborative Factor(tm) #917-733-3078 janet@wisesolutions4u.com ABOUT: Janet Wise, Founder of The Collaborative Factor(tm), has a Masters Degree in HR Development, and is a successful corporate Learning  & Development expert responsible for designing, leading and managing global leadership, client focus, and professional development programs at Fortune 500 companies; with more than fifteen years experience helping top corporate executives become more effective in their business and personal lives.   The Collaborative Factor is a philosophy to for women inspired to seek excellence!  As a NYC based  networking community for corporate professionals and those interested in starting their own business AND open to all women inspired to seek excellence.  Offering facilitated networking events, corporate, small business and personal development programs,  in a unique format designed for collaboration.   The most successful people in business and in life have a team of advisors, shouldn’t you?