The Power of Collaboration

Innovation has always been a core driver of growth at most organizations and collaboration is key to driving it. Collaboration facilitates the exchange of ideas and thoughts among team members who then weigh in on them with collective expertise.

Afterward the assassination of the Israeli prime minister Itzhak Rabin he initiated the first firm of Mediation in Israel in 1996, and is known as one of the main leaders of the Mediation movement in Israel. Gefen is a senior consultant, leading processes in complex settings, in and between organizations, mainly working with managements and leaders on fields of Collaboration, Trust, Negotiation, Mediation and Consensus Building. He is also the head of the Negotiation training at the Leadership Executive Program in Tel-Aviv University, teaches at Raichman University and a founding partner of the Gome-Gevim Group. His personal journey creating impact in Israeli society is woven into this book, including thousands of hours and countless processes within and between organizations and communities, deep familiarity with the business, public and social sectors, and his insights as an entrepreneur, CEO and partner.