S5 E17: Strengths of Running a Collective Intelligence Workshop

“In rapidly changing times, dexterity to speed is your key to adaptability.” Rod Collins Today’s episode we are joined by Rod Collins, who is a returning guest. Rod’s initial episode was released on February 14th 2022. The topic of conversation was ‘The Benefits of Flat Organizational Structures.’  Our discussion today focuses on the strengths of running a collective intelligence workshop when you're trying to solve problems or coming up with new ideas. If you have not listened to the earlier recording, I highly suggest giving it a listen and then following up with this episode. Rod is a leading expert on digital transformation in the future of business. He is the host of The Thinking Differently podcast on the C-suite Radio Network, where he explores how technological innovations continue to transform the rules of how successful businesses. Rod is a regular blog contributor on Substack and the author of Wiki Management, a revolutionary new model for a rapidly changing and collaborative world, which highlights the innovative tools and practices used by a new breed of business leaders to sustain extraordinary performance in a world reshaped by digital disruption. Rod is the former chief operating executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee program, one of the nation's largest and most successful business alliances. Under his leadership, the business experienced the greatest five-year growth period in its 60-year history. A collective intelligence workshop gets a microcosm of the business in the room. Everybody who would touch the project, process and initiative of the business are required to be in the meeting room. We come up with a way to come up with good ideas where we put into groups to discuss their ideas. At the end of the sessions, each table reports out the idea they have settled on. As a decision maker in a rapidly changing world, you want the best idea and this helps to move things along. After identifying the ideas, we open it up to agreements and disagreements, because we want that creativ