We wanted to show you what kinds of questions we’ll be asking prospective members. To begin with, we’ll start with David Friedman and Jim McGee’s answers to the questions. It’s a way of letting you know what we’ll be asking of people and also of letting you know more about who we are. Here’s David’s.
Basic Information | |
Your name | David Friedman |
Your home location (City) | Chicago |
Your home location (state/province) | IL |
Your home location (country) | USA |
Your preferred email address | davidfriedman AT cminds DOT net |
Your preferred phone number | 1-312-863-3489 |
Another phone number for you | 1-773-551-0682 |
Your website (s) | www.bridgewellpartners.com |
Your blog’s title | Positive Structures |
Your blog’s URL | http://www.growthcycle.typepad.com/positive_structures |
Your LinkedIn profile | www.linkedin.com/in/davidfriedman1 |
Skills and Interests | |
Educational achievements | MBA, Yale University, 1984
BA is Social Studies, Harvard University, 1979 |
Work history/highlights |
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Fields you consider yourself highly capable in |
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Other fields you are interested in |
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Hobbies |
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Helping and Getting Help | |
Tell us a story about getting help (on something important to you) | I have been reaching out for people to help me develop Collaborating Minds – trying to be open to any suggestions |
What are you good at helping other people with? |
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Some examples of people you have helped |
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What methods and approaches do you use to help other people? What, in your experience, works best for you and them? |
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What have you learned about how to help people grow and develop? What methods work best for you and for them? |
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What should people who want to help you do? What would work best for you? | Ask me what I am working on on which I could use help. Be a little persistent if I’m not responsive. |
Do you have a philosophy or approach to relationship building? If so, what is it? | Yes. I try to take care of the other person and help them achieve what they are trying to achieve. In the course of that, I always learn things that are valuable for me, and always learn about them. |
What interpersonal or relationship building skill(s)would you like to improve? |
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What people or ideas have most influenced your thinking about relationship-building? How? | Bill and Martha Pieper (authors of Addicted to Unhappiness and several other books) – understanding the counterintuitive patterns of relationships
Tiny little book On caring, by Milton Mayeroff – what caring is all about. |
Problem-solving | |
How do you solve problems? |
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How have your problem-solving methods changed, if at all, over time? | More focus on inclusion of other people. More focus on getting to an answer quickly. More willingness (perhaps not always wise) to trust my own experience and judgment. |
What people and ideas have most influenced your thinking about problem-solving? |
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Intellectual property constraints | |
Do you have any intellectual property constraints that would affect your ability to participate? | No |
If yes, what are they? | |
Other information and questions | |
Reasons for your interest | Because I love collaboration and problem solving and meeting other people who do too. |
Are you passionate about the question, “What can we do together that we cannot do separately?” Please describe how that passion has been active in your life. | Yes. That’s why I have been working on related topics for the past 10 years, and why I founded Collaborating Minds. |
What topics get you talking (and listening)? |
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How would you like to be compensated? (You can change this later – we’re just interested) | Pick among: A. Cash to me B. Donation to a charity of my choice C. Donation to a charity selected by Collaborating Minds D. Leave the money in Collaborating Minds My choice is D. |
Anything else (personal or professional) that you’d like to tell us? | No |
Anything else you’d like to show us? Please send as an email to minds@cminds.net | No |
Any questions you have for us? (ask as many as you like – that way we’ll be as prepared as possible when we talk with you)? | No |
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