You can’t fix collaboration issues with software.

Some tools actually make things worse, stressing the nervous system and putting us in a perpetual state of fight of flight. Others are so damn confusing we pretend they don’t exist until Stu from HR sends us a stern reminder email.

Someone should tell Stu (and the rest of us) to step away from Outlook and have some actual conversations with people.

That’s the advice Mark Kenny would give. Mark is a speaker, author and teamwork strategist—and today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork® podcast.

Mark believes collaboration gets better when we have the conversations we’ve been avoiding. When we create relationships with folks across the organization, with no agenda. When we treat people like human beings, not obstacles or a means to an end.

When we do all that, work sucks a whole lot less.

🐱 We get more useful stuff done.

🐱 We gain an edge on competitors who are still praying that Slack and Teams will save the day.

🐱 And we unlock group intelligence to solve seemingly unsolvable challenges, like the group of eight observatories around the world who came together to create a massive, collective “telescope” to take the first picture ever of a black hole. An image no single telescope could ever capture.

You don’t need a telescope to observe Mark’s wisdom during this conversation.

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Let the desuckifying begin.

You can follow Mark on LinkedIn. And check out his site at markskenny.com.

If you enjoyed the conversation and would like to help your teams bring their absolute best to work, I invite you to schedule a free half-hour discovery session. Type “meow” in the calendar invite and I’ll also send you a free DesuckifyWork® t-shirt!

Bye, everyone!

Bonus question from Mark to our audience:When was the last time your team had a conversation you've never had before, but really needed to?