Helping leaders and teams work better, together.
Radical Collaboration is a research-backed methodology for building the five essential skills that let people communicate, build trust, work through disagreement, and hold each other accountable. We partner with executive teams and organizations to put that work into practice.
Five skills. One direction.
The Radical Collaboration® framework, developed by Jim Tamm and Ronald Luyet, draws on more than 40 years of research in psychology, organizational development, and conflict resolution. Five core skills sit at the center of it.
Collaborative Intention
Stay non-defensive and committed to mutual success, even under pressure.
Openness
Build a climate of honesty where people can raise hard issues without fear.
Self-Accountability
Own the choices and circumstances of your work and your team.
Self-Awareness
Know yourself, including the impact your behavior has on the people around you.
Problem-Solving
Negotiate and resolve disagreements using interest-based approaches that hold.
Our approach
Experiential
People don't learn collaboration by reading about it. Our work is fully experiential, building skills through guided practice with real situations and real stakes.
Evidence-based
The framework is grounded in decades of research and validated behavioral assessments. We measure what changes, before and after.
Built to last
Capacity that holds under pressure. We work with leaders and teams so the practice continues long after the workshop ends.
Part of something bigger than us. On purpose.
Radical Collaboration USA is a proud member of Radical Collaboration Global, the non-profit that stewards the Radical Collaboration movement worldwide. Founded on Jim Tamm's work, the Global community connects certified trainers and practitioners across continents who are all working the same question: how do people do hard things together, well?
That membership isn't a logo on our footer. It's how we stay sharp. Through Radical Collaboration Global we're in constant conversation with practitioners around the world, comparing what's working, what's shifting, and what teams are up against right now. When collaboration changes somewhere (hybrid work, AI in the room, generational handoffs, trust under pressure), we hear about it early, and it shows up in how we teach.
It also means we can think bigger than one firm ever could. When an initiative is larger than any single region (multi-country rollouts, research on what builds Collaborative IQ, movement-level projects), the Global network is how we partner to meet it. You get a local team that knows your world, backed by a worldwide community that keeps raising the bar.
The methodology you learn here is the same one being practiced and refined around the globe. When you build these skills, you're not buying a vendor's program. You're joining a movement.
Built on groundbreaking research by California's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), this proven training program was designed to transform high-conflict workplace relationships into collaborative, high-performing partnerships. Developed by leading experts in labor relations, mediation, and negotiation, the program equips leaders with practical skills to build trust, communicate effectively, and resolve conflict productively. Independent research has consistently demonstrated lasting results, including stronger relationships, improved organizational performance, and an 85% reduction in formal labor disputes, leading to its expansion beyond the public sector to executive teams, private organizations, and clients around the world.
Ready to find out where your team actually is?
Talk to a certified facilitator. No pitch, no prep, no obligation. Just an honest conversation about what your organization is dealing with and what's possible from here.
