Use this POST DATE ORDERED BLOG for Colleague Activities posts. Individual entries can be drawn from links to information about colleague activities posted elsewhere on the web or from write-ups that we have done and posted on BI (see "MBI Core Content Basic Pages" coded as "Seminar/Discussion: College Activities") NOTE: Entries need to be made for all existing Colleague Activity posts using the same Title and Facebook-Length Summary. 

A Guide for Building a Sustainable and Resilient Collaboration

Facebook Length Summary

Five elements are required for collaborative success: a common agenda, shared measurement, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communications, and backbone infrastructure.

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

Design Thinking for Social Innovation

Facebook Length Summary

By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

Collaborating Across Differences to Reduce Authoritarianism: A Literature Review

Facebook Length Summary

A literature review exploring the question: What are the practices that support groups that come together to collaborate across differences to reduce authoritarianism?

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

With no waitstaff, menus or regular hours, this café isn't your average coffee house

Facebook Length Summary

A restraurateur provides the opportunity for meaningful interactions with people whose paths may not otherwise cross while learning something new — and maybe gaining a new perspective or even a friend.

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

Dialogue Lab: America | Documentary Film (2022)

Facebook Length Summary

A video about Ideos Institute's experiment testing whether constructive dialogue is possible in today’s polarized culture, and if so, how dialogue might be a first step in healing our nation.

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

Bridging Divides & Cultivating Solidarity to Counter Strategic Racism, with Ian Haney López

Facebook Length Summary

A podcast exploring how engaging across our racial and class divides and cultivating solidarity can help bring us together to care for and nurture our democracy.

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

Five Calls-to Action from the 2022 Facing Race Conference

Facebook Length Summary

Calls included: 1) don't be afraid of backlash--it means we're winning. 2) reconnect, 3) expose white nationalism for the threat it is, 4) Stop internal implosions, and 5) Look and move forward.

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

Bridging divides in the workplace

Facebook Length Summary

Many companies are witnessing how contentious social and political issues create workplace conflict and reduce productivity. A look at how businesses can help repair America’s social fabric — both in and out of the workplace.

Miscellaneous Codes

External Non-BI Reference
References External BI Colleague Activities Link

Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

Facebook Length Summary

Podcasts highlighting the experiences of international religiously-motivated peacebuilders, plus many more text profiles of religious peacebuilders with descriptions of their work.

Miscellaneous Codes

Normal, High Quality BI in Context Posts (Old B-List)
External Non-BI Reference