atreementstories

30 may 2015 6:52am

so i created this new process for improved collaboration i call

atreement stories

atreement = agreement + tree

stories because all collaboration efforts can be thought of as a story of sorts

multiple people attempting to co-create something together

where everyone has different ideas & content input at different times all the time

each needs to consider the other inputs while trying to inject their own creativity

my hypothesis is this is better to do alone than in a live meeting

where bullies & so-called leaders tend to control meeting agendas & discussions

and almost always both stray from the planned work

so atreement stories is a new type of platform that you interact with as a team member

(so many are developing in this space today)

the develop project is the story being co-created in time

the team now can be any size vs. it being constrained with other models

anyone can add any chapters to the story at any time

chapters are not necessarily linear

(just like with how i have structured strugglethru)

team members explore chapters & create paths with their exploration

at any point connecting new chapters to existing chapters

the objective is to move away from a chapter one of two ways

via an agreement connector or a disagreement connector

the overall objective is to try to keep as many team members together as possible

but knowing that from time to time individuals disagree & need to explore other options

often coming back to the main group

often finding a better path & pulling the group over to the new path

atreement tracks everyone in real time

and reports to everyone where everyone is presently standing in the emerging tree

people tend to follow the leader when first engaging in something new

but once immersed often need to go explore on their own

projects require decision making

my solution is to indirectly help everyone find consensus in due time

it identifies where everyone is at any time

and hypothesizes that most people will stick together or come back together

finding the best path forward

the leaders are those who create & connect new chapters

and who pull the most team members over to where they presently stand