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. 

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.

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.

Trust – Assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something (Merriam Webster Dictionary)

a) Distribute the role – please check roles in your team (you agreed it on the first practice (Session 3), change it if you wish. Also, you need to choose the Team Representative – the person who will be responsible for the communication with experts.

b) Agree on the fundamental elements of communication strategy:

The channel for your communication between sessions

The frequency of your communication 

The main rules of communication (upto three rules)

c) Create the key topic of the first episode of your show based on the hottest collaboration Challenge for your team (you can choose something from a Challenge map or add new. The key is to choose the topic which will be interesting for your team, the question which all of you would like to answer)

Case conditions

You are the team behind a popular science show about culture and knowledge, the key drivers of development (both companies and countries) within a global broadcaster.

In total, the company employs several thousand employees, releasing about 50 various projects and regular programs a year.

Your goal is to create a new show format and lead the rating of popular science programs.

Your team:

1. The sponsor of the project is the executive director of the entertainment division of the network

2. The project leader is the executive producer of the show. Your task is to make a team out of the rest of the project participants, form a concept and implement it (while meeting the deadlines, budget and meeting the company's goals).

3. Show co-hosts (2) – your role is to present the prepared material. You conduct live interviews and comment on top stories.

4. Journalists (2) – every day you prepare materials that get on the air. Find themes and characters, talk about them

5. Screenwriter – you formalize the concept of each episode and prepare speeches for 

6. Operators (2) – your role is to provide top-notch visuals

7. The producer – makes the final decisions about what will go on the air, from what angle. In fact, he creates a live product.

8. Costume designer-make-up artist - it is you who decide how the presenters and their guests will look on the air. You have a lot of ideas, but few people notice them and tell you about it. Hosts often even forget to thank you for your work.

9. Commercial director – you work with sponsors and advertisers, protect their interests and achieve the best conditions for them. This transfer is one of the projects under your management. You want to avoid any difficulties in working with sponsors and minimize the time spent.

10. Technical Director – you ensure the smooth operation of all equipment and programs inside it. You have been in the company for a long time, you clearly know what to do in order to get the result at minimal cost. You have your very rational view of everything, but few people think to ask you about it.

11. Marketing specialist – your task is to make the project attractive in the eyes of the audience. You don't have that big of a budget because it's a pilot project, but it could be a springboard for your career.

As part of our practical exercises, you will assign roles to each other and create your own version of the program about the value of KM and a collaborative culture. In the team, you have to set up communications, accept the concept and implement it.

Each practical lesson you will face new challenges for which you will have to find a solution.

Thus, the results of practical exercises will be:

a) ways to overcome barriers that hinder effective cooperation formulated by you and supplemented by course experts

b) experience of cooperation in a cross-expert, geographically distributed multi-cultural team

c) ideas on how to talk about culture, collaboration and KM in an engaging way.

Timing of practice sessions

5 minutes – orientation on the topic of the session

25-30 minutes – teamwork, case solving, development of collaboration technologies

20-25 minutes – team presentations, cross-audit, compliments and improvements from participants and experts

5 min – session summary and key take-aways

Recommendations for preparing for the practical session:

(1) Be in a quiet, calm place where you feel comfortable talking.

(2) Connect with video and audio for complete interaction. The basis of the session is interactive interactions in groups, where participants create a solution together.

(3) We recommend using computers and tablets rather than mobile phones. This will provide an opportunity for full-fledged interaction both in Zoom and in documents.

(4) Reserve time for only one goal – learning about collaboration. Switching to other tasks or communications will interfere with your perception significantly reduce efficiency.

(5) The ZOOM link will be launched 10 minutes before the meeting to test the connection.