Better by Design: Your Best Collaboration Guide: How to Produce Better Outcomes with Well Designed Collaborations

by David B. Savage

“When it comes to the often daunting challenge of collaboration, most leaders wish there was a handy guide available to help walk them through uncharted territory. Thankfully, David Savage has now produced just such a resource. His new book, Better by Your Best Collaboration Guide., should be part of every leaders’ toolkit. David Savage has produced a practical guide that promises to simplify the process of collaboration and enhance the outcomes of trusting relationships.” David Mitchell, past CEO of the Canadian Public Policy Forum Why Buy and Use This Guide Book? “We can only meet our critical global and local challenges with collective intelligence.” Roz Savage, MBE Work is challenging. Volunteer work is challenging. Life is challenging. And getting more complex every week. Yet, we expect to be more productive and successful each day. We know that we can achieve far more, far more effectively and efficiently when we work together well. But how do we do that? This book is your guide. Use it 1. Learn more about collaboration 2. Lead your teams 3. Generate, decide, design, assess, and complete your initiatives. This guide is your hands-on planner. I offer it to you so you can produce better outcomes. This is How To. And this book will become your ongoing reference. Contents include; Values and Ethics A Graphic Overview What is Collaboration? Why Collaboration Fails A Culture of Collaboration A Collaborative Process Key Elements How You Show up The 10 Essential Steps to Collaboration A Checklist An Assessment Your Examples and Decisions A Call to Action Better by Design is the 7th in my Break Through to Yes series on collaboration. 2016: Unlocking the Possible within a Culture of Collaboration 2017: The Foundations for Collaboration, The Collaborative Guests Podcasts, The 10 Essential Steps to Collaboration, and Unlocking the Possible with Collaboration 2018: Unlocking the Possible within a Culture of Collaboration (revised and updated), and Better by Your Best Collaboration Guide My previous books, co-authored, are Ready Aim 52 Leadership Lessons (2012) and Let’s A Company to Company Council Dispute Resolution Handbook (2004). My Sustain Magazine (2013) served organizations committed to the economic and social opportunities of sustainability. I realize there is a significant gap. That gap is the absence of a readily accessible, informative, and practical guide for you. You may not have the time or resources to bring together all the wisdom. And you still have dreams, aspirations, purpose, and teams to create, encourage, and accomplish. This Better by Design guidebook is intended to help you decide, design, assess, lead, and succeed in your initiatives and projects.

80 pages, Paperback

Published May 24, 2018

About the author

“David Savage is deeply insightful and highly intuitive. He is a skilled and highly regarded practitioner with a strong sense of ethics and values. He has a profound commitment to personal and organizational transformation and can be counted on to be honest, resourceful, and supportive. I recommend him highly.” Ken Cloke, Founder Mediators Beyond Borders and Author of The Dance of Opposites.

David’s speaking, workshops, and writing highlights include;

Transforming Bad Communication to Great Break Throughs
Business on Purpose,
Turning the Great Resignation into Your Great Opportunity,
Nobody Gets to be Right: How to Lead through Curiosity,
Leading as a Positive Conflict Resolver: Don’t be an A.C.E. Hole,
How to Produce Better Outcomes through Well Designed Collaborations, and
Creating Shared Value is the Way: Collaboration is the Path.
David brings expertise, experience, and leadership including oil and gas, renewable energy, health care, entrepreneurship, stakeholder engagement, business development, coaching, and conflict management.

David is President, Savage Management Ltd., Advisor, The Canadian Energy and Climate Nexus, Director, Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Association and Chair Conservation and Environment Committee Waterton Glacier I.P.P.A.

Past Director/ Chair/ President roles include the ?aq’am (St. Mary’s Indian Band) Community Enterprises, Rotary Club of Cranbrook Sunrise, Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (District 5080), Canadian Association of Professional Speakers Calgary, Heart and Stroke Foundation Alberta, Nunavut and NWT, Petroleum Joint Venture Association (President) and Mediators Beyond Borders International- Canada.

David’s nine published books include Better by Design: Your Best Collaboration Guide, Break Through to Yes: Unlocking the Possible within a Culture of Collaboration 2018 Edition, The Collaborative Podcast Series, Ready Aim Excel! And Company to Company Dispute Resolution Council published the Let’s Talk Handbook. David’s tv appearances and podcasts offer you over 55 opportunities to learn.

david@davidbsavage.com / 403-466-5577 / https://www.davidbsavage.com/ Let’s talk.