The new collaboration
1.Course content
2.1. Digital channels
2.2. Hints&Tips
Telegram tips
Zoom tips
3. Glossary
New collaboration and other key terms
Connection – is a stage in the Collaborative Journey, when the process of sincere and sustainable involvement of participants in the project is set up, as a result of which each participant invests in the project to the maximum of their capabilities, and the whole group is interested in both achieving results and maintaining the team.
Collaboration project – a project that has a clear goal, deadlines and criteria for successful implementation, built on the basis of collaboration, when the participants are focused both on achieving the goals of the project and on development, strengthening reciprocity between themselves.
New collaboration – modern pragmatic way of thinking and doing, includes flexible mindset, set of principles (collaborative culture) and tools that enable building multi-cultural, cross-expertise, cross-ages teams all over the world, which give a strategic power and open new opportunities to create and develop new critical assets for persons, teams, communities and ecosystems with no limits.
New collaboration (2) – is people connecting to build relationships and trust, to facilitate working together without boundaries (across geography, time and tools). New collaboration emerges in ecosystems where people are committed to shared knowledge, experiences and insights, inspiring and learning from each other, to generate mutual value. The most critical success factor of new collaboration is the open way of being and interacting, more than the processes and tools.
The project sponsor is the initiator of the project, the setter of goals and the beneficiary of results, the source of the initial set of assets (including knowledge and support) for realisation.
The project leader is the person who accepts the goal and main challenge from the sponsor and is responsible for the project results. Forms the implementation plan, sets the direction of the project, brings people together and inspires the team. The project manager exemplifies a collaborative culture, at the beginning may be the main facilitator and engine, but gradually distributes these roles among team members.
4. Initial collaboration culture
1.Value: what we cherish
1.1 Curiosity (a sincere desire for knowledge, to learn new things)
1.2 Discipline (compliance with agreements, mutual responsibility)
1.3 Positive attitude, maintain inclusive atmosphere (no show-offs)
1.4 Collaboration and co-creation – people compete in conditions of limited resources. But there are no grounds for competition in conditions of unlimited knowledge and information
1.5 Distributed leadership — One person cannot do both innovation and promotion
1.6 Trust, openness, transparency, adaptability
1.7 Reciprocity
2. Principles: what we are guided by
2.1 Maintain a positive attitude. "Bread is best baked in a good mood"
2.2 Support each other (Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno)
2.3 Briefness — be clear and concise, take care of each other’s time
2.4 Respect others' opinions
2.5 It’s not a shame not to know, it’s a shame not to ask — Questions are sources of new knowledge
2.6 Don’t be afraid to make and admit mistakes, extract lessons
2.7 Learn from each other
2.8 Be attentive, participate in the process
2.9 Accelerating day by day
2.10 Be active for the sake of results, not for the sake of activity
2.11 Exceed your own and team members’ expectations
2.12 Respect people and their knowledge and acknowledge. Everyone has different knowledge and experiences to contribute.
2.13 Accept each other’s difference, find a common language.
2.14 Collaboration is powerful as it leverages our collective strengths, capabilities and experiences.
2.15 Nobody is perfect, but a team can be
2.16 Always seek consensus
2.17 We practice what we preach
2.18 You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself
2.19 Don’t think how to change others, think how to change yourself
2.20 It is more profitable to resolve conflicts in dialogue (by agreeing)
3. Guidelines: what we follow
3.1 Timing is crucial. 45 minutes = 45 minutes
3.2 Each task has its own deadline
3.3 Capture key thoughts and insights, share them with others
3.4 Distribute roles in the team
3.5 Take on tasks that you are sure you can fulfill
3.6 If you missed some of the content, make it up
3.7 Be in touch, do not ignore requests of others
3.8 Always give feedback, constantly synchronize in understanding
3.9 Confirm the fact you got the task
3.10 React to other’s comments and messages
3.11 Promised to do it — do it, can’t — warn in advance
3.12 First listen and hear, then speak or do
3.13 Compliment-strengthening. Do not criticize, but strengthen
3.14 Keep mutual documents in a good shape (understandable in form and content, complete in meaning)
3.15 If you see that someone needs help – don’t wait and help
3.16 Don’t be afraid to express your opinion
3.17 Look for your own benefit in the benefit of the team
3.18 Look for opportunities in any situation, do not give up
3.19 Take the initiative
4. Attributes: what we demonstrate
4.1 Zoom nickname consists of the team name, personal name and country of residence (for example, G-LINK Alina Bulgaria)
4.2 Communication in Telegram chats
4.3 A personal Telegram sticker reflecting who you are
4.4 Smile — maintain a positive attitude at meetings
4.5 Find quiet place, stable internet for meetings
4.6 The camera is turned on – the ability to react with gestures
👍 – thumbs up if we want to say
👌 – “OK» sign as confirmation, acceptance of communication
🙉 – hands attached to the ears in case of disconnection
4.7 The microphone is turned off for the duration of the meeting (you don’t speak — turn it off, you want to say — turn it on).