Subject Guides: Leading Teams: Creating a Culture of Collaboration

Articles

The 12 Habits Of Highly Collaborative Organizations Jacob Morgan researched patterns in organizations with effective collaboration and highlights 12 common habits or success factors. Forbes Magazine.
Brainstorming Doesn't Work; Try This Technique Instead Fast Company article by Rebecca Greenfield. "Ever been in a meeting where one loudmouth's mediocre idea dominates? Then you know brainstorming needs an overhaul." Includes the video How to Stop People From Dominating Meetings.
What makes good collaboration? 10 real-world tips More often than not we believe technology is the solution to our collaboration challenges. But we forget that good collaboration depends more on people. Here are some real-world examples to help your team work better together.
Getting Collaboration Right Authors Morgan T. Hansen and Herminia Ibarra on the key challenge of collaboration; how hard it is to get it right. Organizations usually fall into one of two traps.
8 Tips For Collaborative Leadership Collaboration tips by Carol Kinsey Gorman in Forbes Magazine. "Collaboration is not a “nice to have” organizational philosophy. It is an essential ingredient for organizational survival and success."

Videos

Stating that "no one of us is as smart as all of us," Ken Blanchard teaches us three aspects of successful collaboration: 1. if you meet someone who wants to accomplish something, and you want to accomplish something, the experience is meant to be dynamic; 2. rely on the different skills and experience people bring to the table; 3. "essence" and "form" are the two characteristics of a solid collaboration.

Blanchard, K. (2012). Formative vs. summative assessments collaboration - affect/possibility [video]. TEDxSanDiego

Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action — and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.

Rheingold, H. (2005). The new power of collaboration [video]. TED2005