Creating a Culture of Collaboration The International Association of Facilitators Handbook

Collaboration is often viewed as a one-time or project-oriented activity. An increasing challenge is to help organizations incorporate collaborative values and practices in their everyday ways of working. In Creating a Culture of Collaboration, an international group of practitioners and researchers-from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States-provide proven approaches to creating a culture of collaboration within and among groups, organizations, communities, and societies.

Sandy Schuman is a group facilitator, collaborative process advocate, and storyteller. He helps groups create shared meaning, make critical choices, and build collaborative relationships. He is the editor of The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation (from Jossey-Bass) and Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal and moderates Grp-Facl, the Electronic Discussion on Group Facilitation. Schuman is an associate of the Center for Policy Research, University at Albany, SUNY. His consulting firm is Executive Decision Services. Contact him at www.exeds.com.