"When it comes to the often daunting challenge of collaboration, most leaders wish there was a handy guide available to help walk them through uncharted territory. Thankfully, David Savage has now produced just such a resource. His new book, Better by Design: Your Best Collaboration Guide., should be part of every leaders' toolkit. David Savage has produced a practical guide that promises to simplify the process of collaboration and enhance the outcomes of trusting relationships." David Mitchell, past CEO of the Canadian Public Policy Forum Why Buy and Use This Guide Book? "We can only meet our critical global and local challenges with collective intelligence." Roz Savage, MBE Work is challenging. Volunteer work is challenging. Life is challenging. And getting more complex every week. Yet, we expect to be more productive and successful each day. We know that we can achieve far more, far more effectively and efficiently when we work together well. But how do we do that? This book is your guide. Use it to: 1. Learn more about collaboration 2. Lead your teams 3. Generate, decide, design, assess, and complete your initiatives. This guide is your hands-on planner. I offer it to you so you can produce better outcomes. This is How To. And this book will become your ongoing reference. Contents include; Values and Ethics A Graphic Overview What is Collaboration? Why Collaboration Fails A Culture of Collaboration A Collaborative Process Key Elements How You Show up The 10 Essential Steps to Collaboration A Checklist An Assessment Your Examples and Decisions A Call to Action Better by Design is the 7th in my Break Through to Yes series on collaboration. 2016: Unlocking the Possible within a Culture of Collaboration 2017: The Foundations for Collaboration, The Collaborative Guests Podcasts, The 10 Essential Steps to Collaboration, and Unlocking the Possible with Collaboration 2018: Unlocking the Possible within a Culture of Collaboration (revised and updated), and Better by Design: Your Best Collaboration Guide My previous books, co-authored, are Ready Aim Excel: 52 Leadership Lessons (2012) and Let's Talk: A Company to Company Council Dispute Resolution Handbook (2004). My Sustain Magazine (2013) served organizations committed to the economic and social opportunities of sustainability. I realize there is a significant gap. That gap is the absence of a readily accessible, informative, and practical guide for you. You may not have the time or resources to bring together all the wisdom. And you still have dreams, aspirations, purpose, and teams to create, encourage, and accomplish. This Better by Design guidebook is intended to help you decide, design, assess, lead, and succeed in your initiatives and projects.