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 Jim’s.
Basic Information | |
Your name | Jim McGee |
Your home location (City) | Winnetka |
Your home location (state/province) | IL |
Your home location (country) | USA |
Your preferred email address | jim.mcgee AT cminds DOT net |
Your preferred phone number | 1-847-867-1086 |
Another phone number for you | 1-847-441-8842 |
Your website (s) | www.newshorehamconsulting.com |
Your blog’s title | McGee’s Musings |
Your blog’s URL | http://www.mcgeesmusings.net |
Your LinkedIn profile | www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcgee |
Skills and Interests | |
Educational achievements | Ph.D., Organizational Design & Technology Harvard Business School, 1991
MBA, Strategy, Harvard Business School, 1980 AB, Statistics, Princeton University, 1975 |
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’ve gathered a small group of friends that I meet with once or twice a year to listen to their perspective on what I’m working on. They’re sort of a personal board of directors |
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? | Beat me about the head and shoulders when I try to resist genuine offers of help. Keep at it until I accept |
Do you have a philosophy or approach to relationship building? If so, what is it? | Relationships are built with the investment of time and caring. Keep investing. |
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? | |
Problem-solving | |
How do you solve problems? |
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How have your problem-solving methods changed, if at all, over time? | Greater appreciation for the value of patience and of getting a good formulation of the problem before haring off after a glimpse of a possible answer |
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 like tackling hard problems and this seems like a path to build more capacity to tackle the hard problems out there to be solved |
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. | Going back at least as far as high school working backstage on theater productions, I’ve always been involved in creative group efforts. You become part of all communities in the same way, by rolling up your sleeves and pitching in. Founding "Collaborating Minds" is one more chance to pitch in to solve problems that exceed my personal capacities |
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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