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Welcome
Let’s Think Together

This space is an invitation to slow down and reflect on what it really means to work skillfully together.

Stories of Collaboration

Here, we share stories from the field, practical tools, emerging research,
and personal reflections — all in service of one big question:

How Can We Keep Learning the Human Skills
of Collaboration — Together?

Whether you're leading teams, a team member, supporting others, or just curious about better ways of working, you're warmly invited to read, reflect, and join the conversation.

Perfomance

Many teams and organizations that we work with are very successful and highly focused on performance, tasks, and objectives —

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Awareness

It is widely recognized that ‘awareness’ is the first step towards ‘change’.But in our hyperactive, always-on-the-move corporate world, where ‘noise’

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Connecting Everywhere

When your mission is “Helping Teams Everywhere to Grow the Human Skills of Collaboration,” then we could imagine that we

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The Matrix

If you lead a team in a matrix organization — whether that’s a department or a cross-functional team — You’ll

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Languages

I was born and raised in Yorkshire, UK, and I’m a proud Yorkshireman. In Yorkshire, we have such expressions as

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Power Games

Over 20 years ago, I was promoted to Engineering Manager. With this career move, I gained more responsibility — for

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Let Love Rule

Yesterday I was one of 250,000 people who marched in Amsterdam in a demonstration for peace and against the genocide

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Interdependence

When working with teams, I often wear different hats — coach, facilitator, trainer. Shifting skillfully between these roles is essential

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Logo Design

Let’s be clear about this… without creativity, there is no innovation.And without innovation, soon enough, there would be no business.

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Skills and Practice

On Saturday I was coaching my son’s soccer team and getting more and more frustrated. Every time our keeper had

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Just Say “No”

“No. I’m not doing that!” That was the unexpected response I received from a team member while facilitating a strategy

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Skillful Feedback?

Context, Source, Message, Recipient:“I think it’s better if you look for another job.” This was the ‘feedback’ I received from

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Holon

I recently came across the term holon, created by Arthur Koestler. It describes something that is simultaneously a whole and

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Skillful Decisions

The most valuable task of a real team is when they make decisions together. Teams are almost always better at

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Build The Skills That Teams Need Most.

We offer high-impact learning experiences that help teams
strengthen the human skills of collaboration:

Team Masterclasses

Practical, high-impact sessions on conversations, decision-making, meetings, and peer coaching

Team Assessment & Debrief

Measure how well your team collaborates — Based on everyone's perspective. Followed up by a 1-day debrief.

Who We Work With

We support teams who rely on collaboration to deliver results. Our clients include:

Ready to Collaborate — Skillfully?

Let’s talk about how your team can begin the journey.

Nick Regan

Nick is an ICF-certified Leadership Coach, experienced Systemic Team Coach, and Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioner.

Nick is from the UK, but has lived and worked in the Netherlands since 2001. He draws on over 25 years of corporate leadership experience, spanning product development, engineering management, and global learning & development. His real passion is teams and team work, he knows that teams are the real force in delivering value and growth. He supports teams and leaders in creating stronger connections, deeper collaboration, and delivering on their stakeholder expectations.

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