Comments on: Working with Wisdom: Orchestrating Collaboration at Work http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/2008/05/15/working-with-wisdom-collaboration/ The interplay of business, art and science Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Creativity at Work Newsletter, May 2008 | The Creativity at Work Blog http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/2008/05/15/working-with-wisdom-collaboration/#comment-253 Creativity at Work Newsletter, May 2008 | The Creativity at Work Blog Thu, 29 May 2008 05:23:33 +0000 http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/?p=100#comment-253 [...] Working with Wisdom: Orchestrating Collaboration at Work [...] [...] Working with Wisdom: Orchestrating Collaboration at Work [...]

]]> By: Linda Naiman http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/2008/05/15/working-with-wisdom-collaboration/#comment-241 Linda Naiman Wed, 21 May 2008 20:51:05 +0000 http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/?p=100#comment-241 Hi Debbie, Thanks for sharing your wisdom. You make an excellent point about having a vision of collaboration- what it will look like when you are fully collaborative, and about assumptions that we know what collaboration is. That is why it is so important to work out rules of engagement. Hi Debbie,
Thanks for sharing your wisdom. You make an excellent point about having a vision of collaboration- what it will look like when you are fully collaborative, and about assumptions that we know what collaboration is. That is why it is so important to work out rules of engagement.

]]> By: Debbie Payne http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/2008/05/15/working-with-wisdom-collaboration/#comment-237 Debbie Payne Sat, 17 May 2008 05:52:14 +0000 http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/?p=100#comment-237 HI Linda, I enjoyed reading your blog on collaboration. When I was completing my Masters in Leadership thesis my topic was on collaboration. One of my findings was that a group cannot fully become collaborative until each member of the group buys in fully into a process of defining collaboration for that particular team. My findings iindicated "that when groups are working together and striving for collaboration there are many factors that influence success. It is important for the leader and the group to understand these factors and create a process that is appropriate for these individuals in the group." Five themes in the collaborative process emerged to pay attention to. These are "feeling of collaboration; goal, purpose and commitment; beliefs, values, perception; comfort with technology; and learning to collaborate." It is important to have a vision not just of the shared product or task, but also a vision of collaboration- what it will look like when you are fully collaborative and a process that addresses these five themes. We make assumptions sometimes that we know what collaboration is, that our group agrees on what it will look like; and thiis unexplored assumption often leads to conflict, to questions of trust, to project stalling or even sabotage, and even tension on how best to proceed when often people are also in competition with each other in other areas. Thanks for raising this up as a topic for discussion. Reference: Payne, D (2000) Creating Community through Collaboration and Technology, Royal Roads University. HI Linda,
I enjoyed reading your blog on collaboration. When I was completing my Masters in Leadership thesis my topic was on collaboration. One of my findings was that a group cannot fully become collaborative until each member of the group buys in fully into a process of defining collaboration for that particular team. My findings iindicated “that when groups are working together and striving for collaboration there are many factors that influence success. It is important for the leader and the group to understand these factors and create a process that is appropriate for these individuals in the group.”

Five themes in the collaborative process emerged to pay attention to. These are “feeling of collaboration; goal, purpose and commitment; beliefs, values, perception; comfort with technology; and learning to collaborate.” It is important to have a vision not just of the shared product or task, but also a vision of collaboration- what it will look like when you are fully collaborative and a process that addresses these five themes.

We make assumptions sometimes that we know what collaboration is, that our group agrees on what it will look like; and thiis unexplored assumption often leads to conflict, to questions of trust, to project stalling or even sabotage, and even tension on how best to proceed when often people are also in competition with each other in other areas. Thanks for raising this up as a topic for discussion.

Reference: Payne, D (2000) Creating Community through Collaboration and Technology, Royal Roads University.

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