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 Design: Your Best Collaboration Guide

My previous books, co-authored, are Ready Aim Excel: 52 Leadership Lessons

(2012) and Let’s Talk: A Company to Company Council Dispute Resolution

Handbook (2004). My Sustain Magazine (2013) served organizations committed

to the economic and social opportunities of sustainability.

Why me? I will help you solve your challenges and capture your opportunities

with my unique background and proven leadership in helping people and

organizations work together better. I bring you:

1. Over 42 years of leadership, negotiation, collaboration, and dispute

resolution,

1. Three decades of volunteering for, and in some cases leading, important not-for-profits organizations

2. Published seven books on collaboration, co-authored a book on leadership, and co-authored a book on dispute resolution between companies

3. Coached leaders for more than ten years

4. Hosted 45 podcasts on collaborative leadership

5. Developed a 360 assessment for organizational/team development

6. Surveyed leaders in several industries and not-for-profits, as well as Rotary International and the Heart and Stroke Foundation

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 with your initiatives and projects. This book is intended to serve you and your organization. As you design and lead your next initiative, my vision is that you will minimize inefficiencies, maximize results, build stronger project teams, and change your world with the help of Better by Design. Use this guide over and over–as the fresh starting place for you to generate your own practical methods and energized visions.

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 Design: 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

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