ARCHITECTING COLLABORATION
Shift the direction of change for the better

ARCHITECTING COLLABORATION
Fieldnotes on Meetings, Workshops and Group Facilitation

ARCHITECTING COLLABORATION

Shift the direction of change for the better

You can book a virtual coffee with Paul Nunesdea, PhD, CPF, MC here.

Welcome to Architecting Collaboration in Healthcare and Beyond!

Warm Greetings,


I’m Paulo Nunes de Abreu, known as
Paul Nunesdea in the English-speaking world, author of the Architecting Collaboration book series.


As a collaboration architect, I create transformative spaces for dialogue and co-creation, fostering innovation and meaningful connections.


My mission is to empower resilient organizations and communities by leveraging intentional collaboration for meaningful transformation.


Our Collaboration Store connects organizations with top meeting experts from the UK and around the world, offering professional counsel and tailored solutions to elevate your meetings and events.


Beyond this platform, I co-founded Debate Exímio Lda, a col.lab spin-off dedicated to fostering dialogue and collaboration through initiatives like the Health Data Forum, the Health Regions Summit, and Digital Health Portugal.


Let’s work together to redefine how meetings and events create value, inspire innovation, and strengthen human connections.

Transforming Collaboration Across Healthcare and Beyond with Certified Professional Facilitation.

We are building a vibrant community of meeting professionals through a unique 3-tier system, starting with Tier 1, which offers exclusive benefits and opportunities for early members. I am personally inviting my esteemed colleagues who share our commitment to the Roundtable Principles to join at this foundational level, where we can collectively shape the future of collaborative practices.


Warm regards,

Collaboration Architect, PhD, CPF

A Community Empowering Better Meetings and Collaboration


Architecting Collaboration webstore is a dynamic platform where meeting professionals, facilitators, and leaders connect to share expertise and foster meaningful solutions.


Our curated webstore supports this mission through two specialized departments:


  • My Meeting Doctors: Expert coaching for leaders and teams to enhance collaboration and transform meetings.


  • My Meeting Support: Practical tools, services, and training programs to plan and execute impactful events.


Join our community and discover resources to elevate your meetings and build stronger, more inclusive cultures of collaboration.


Explore our platform and webstore today!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


ABOUT

THE AUTHOR


Architecting Collaboration Book Series


Paul Nunesdea, the English pen name of Paulo Nunes de Abreu, is an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator™ and collaboration architect who shares his expertise in leadership, systems thinking, and creating impactful dialogue through his books and publications.

Curator of the Roundtable Principles


As a Social and Organizational Psychologist with 15 years of experience as a CEO, I am passionate about creating spaces for dialogue that foster collaboration and innovation.


With a PhD from Lancaster University Management School under the mentorship of Peter Checkland, I specialize in architecting impactful events and facilitating meaningful conversations through advanced systems thinking and problem-solving approaches.


At the heart of my work are the Roundtable Principles, a framework I humbly curate to guide collaboration and dialogue. These principles emphasize inclusivity, active participation, data-driven decision-making, collective ownership, and transparency—key elements that foster trust and shared purpose.


My mission is to create spaces for dialogue that inspire meaningful collaboration.

Learn More About Me

LATEST

BOOK


We're excited to announce "Empowering Professional Facilitators," the newest volume in the "Architecting Collaboration" series.


This book delves into the revolutionary world of digital collaboration tools and their significant impact on professional facilitation.


It's a journey through the dynamic shifts reshaping today's work environments, illuminated by the power of digital tools.

Join Us!


We're inviting expert facilitators who thrive in the digital realm to contribute to this latest book. Your practical case studies or reflective descriptions from your facilitation practice, especially your experiences with various digital tools, will be invaluable.

Learn more

FACILITATION

SKILLS


In the ever-changing landscape of professional and personal growth, my journey stands as a testament to the transformative power of collaboration.


My experiences, stretching across various managerial roles in sectors like manufacturing, education, healthcare, and technology, have culminated in a profound appreciation for collective wisdom and the art of facilitation.


These roles not only honed my ability to lead and innovate but also paved the way for my evolution into a collaboration architect: more

The Digital Collaboration Academy now a specialized service brand of col.lab and promoted by My Meeting Support, was formed to better prepare you to lead the way forward in the aftermath of the digital revolution and this new post-pandemic era.

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ABOUT

MY OTHER

BOOKS


" Architecting Collaboration " is a book series devoted to group facilitation, its principles, methods, and techniques, that can be applied by anyone who believes in the power of collaboration and teamwork.


Please, check also my books in Spanish and in Portuguese .

In a nutshell

Learn how the principles of group facilitation can be applied to design collaboration within organizations, local collectivities, communities, large cities or regions. 

Checklists & Tables

The fieldnotes book features several tables mapping the book's content with the IAF core competencies  which you can use to quickly fine-tune your learning needs both as a facilitator or as a facilitative leader.

Facilitate your own reading

The fieldnotes book   is written as a collection of independent articles that you can read according to your specific needs. 

Upgrade your skills

Facilitative Leadership is a people-centred and results-driven process of developing a supportive culture in the workplace that facilitates goal achievement through effective relational processes.

You can increase the performance of your teams and organizations by becoming a more skilful manager who masters the principles of group facilitation and applies them in practice.


Check here to learn more about the next training workshops and seminars or read my latest LinkedIn articles  or personal blog entries.

My PhD Research

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This is not a conventional case study research. It purposefully concentrates on the self-learning process that constitutes the research, captured in the form of narratives, rather than day-to-day content from the fieldwork, as such it differs from mainstream qualitative research. 



The reflections from practice, can be relevant to those who are concerned in bridging the gap between groupware-design and groupware-in-use and point the need to rethink the meaning of ‘technology’.

WHO SHOULD READ ME?


Anyone interested to learn how to work with groups for solving problems and decision-making, or to make events, training sessions and teaching more participative and fun. 

WHO

SHOULD

READ ME?


Anyone interested to learn how to work with groups for solving problems and decision-making, or to make events, training sessions and teaching more participative and fun. 

SEEING TO BELIEVE? 


Invite me for a demonstration to experience how group facilitation works. Particularly, if you are the kind of person that believes in dialogue and values in-depth conversations to emerge the collective intelligence in a group.


Ranging from small group meetings to a large audience, everyone will experience the spirit of group facilitation.


Contact me here for more information.

FACILITATION AS PUBLIC SERVICE


col.lab | collaboration laboratory is a permanent open space where ideas and people get together to create innovation with the power of group facilitation as a public service. 


Challenge us with your wickedest problem especially if the desired solution has a strong community impact. 


Learn more here.

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