WoW: Collaboration

This page provides some concepts and ideas on how to collaborate in a way that makes the team happy.

What do we want to achieve as a team?

Collaboration is not only a value, but also a skill to teach. That are several ways to increase collaboration, but none of them really work without mental attitudes.

Mental attitudes:

• Respect for colleagues contributions
• Openness to experimenting with other; ideas
• Sensitivity to how one's actions may affect both colleagues' work and the missions' outcome

Trust and an outward focus in any project are essential. We all have the tendency to fixate on ourselves—what we'd like to say and achieve—instead of what we can learn from others. There is a time to listen and explore others' ideas and a time to critique ideas and select the ones to pursue. Mixing these things up will undermine collaboration.

Six techniques to work together well

1. Listen not talk
2. Practice empathy
3. Be comfortable with feedback
4. Lead and follow
5. Speak clearly 
6. Go for Win-win-win