Sharing Ideas - Rich Watkins exploring human dynamics - collaboration, meaning making, inner life, social processes, connection

I share lessons, ideas, and stories from my practice by speaking and writing. I love facilitating and contributing to stimulating conversations.
Interests: the world of work, complex problem solving, collaboration, group identity, social processes, society structures, creative practice, inner life, leadership, framing.
My Substack
Videos from my Youtube Channel
Ideas about how to live well in a complex world: collaboration, leadership, change, purpose and more
Reimagining Language
Leadership as Practice
Five Defensive Stances
Generosity as a context
TEDx: Five Vital Conversations
The Let's Go Change Loop
Preoccupations of teams
Four ways of Knowing
Articles
I mostly write these days on Linked In and Substack
We need a new metaphor for careers
HR Magazine
Collaboration isn't rocket science, it's horticulture
Dialogue Review
The value of creative practice for society
The RSA
Four new metaphors for darkness
Reflections on Darkness
How a #LinkyBrain works
Medium
5 Rules of effective collaboration
Inc Magazine
How to build a resilient creative practice
Medium
What business can learn from artists
HR Magazine
Thinking in 3D: creativity isn't just lateral
LinkedIn
Doing anything good takes a decade
Medium
A generous look at dark emotions
Reflections on Darkness
Fireworks Framework!
(Four types of passion)
Medium
Podcasts and other conversations
Is Defensiveness getting in the way of your work?
Katie Martin @ Work Therapy
Workplace conflict
People Management That HR podcast
Making Collaboration Work
The HR L&D Podcast
Collaboration and future of work
Overtime leader
Airmail Project - art project
Space Debris Darkroom Talks
Creative Collaboration for Artists
The Curator's Salon

Rich Watkins

I share lessons, ideas, and stories from my practice by speaking and writing. I love facilitating and contributing to stimulating conversations.

Interests: the world of work, complex problem solving, collaboration, group identity, social processes, society structures, creative practice, inner life, leadership, framing.

Videos from my Youtube Channel

Ideas about how to live well in a complex world: collaboration, leadership, change, purpose and more

Reimagining Language

Leadership as Practice

Five Defensive Stances

Generosity as a context

TEDx: Five Vital Conversations

The Let's Go Change Loop

Preoccupations of teams

Four ways of Knowing

Articles

I mostly write these days on Linked In and Substack

We need a new metaphor for careers

Collaboration isn't rocket science, it's horticulture

The value of creative practice for society

Four new metaphors for darkness

How a #LinkyBrain works

5 Rules of effective collaboration

How to build a resilient creative practice

What business can learn from artists

Thinking in 3D: creativity isn't just lateral

Doing anything good takes a decade

A generous look at dark emotions

Fireworks Framework!(Four types of passion)

Podcasts and other conversations

Is Defensiveness getting in the way of your work?

Workplace conflict

Making Collaboration Work

Collaboration and future of work

Airmail Project - art project

Creative Collaboration for Artists

Fireworks Framework!
(Four types of passion)