Co-creating in teams
Increasing work involves collaboration in teams between different people, and systems that come together for a short project (teaming). There are many related ideas around how to work effectively in this new world of 'teaming'. This page will capture what ideas have worked for me to enable 'teaming' for creative work.
My top tips
You can use this as a checklist. The ideas were taken from pedagogy, design, psychological safety, and teaming. Also a bit of organisational development.
Establish systems to share resources, keep up-to-date and follow what's going on. This means
Set up a shared folder: For example, I use google drive and enable sharing.
Set up a shared social media/messaging system: Whatsapp is the 'king' but others work well. eg Teams.
Set up a shared key document to edit, and add ideas.
Set up the meetings
Clarify and write down who your users are
The end-user
The team and stake-holders as users
Establish and agree on common vision/values
This is your compass north. Write this down. Modify if agreed. Framing this as a question (how might we) mobilises the mind.
Achieve alignment with the vision/values. GNOME is brilliant here. see The Elegant GNOME
Prioritise learning
Lots of ways to do this. My favourite ones are
Prototype and fail fast. Experimenting using tangible experiences is great for reflection, and feedback.
Ask questions. What went well? What could be better?
VALUE acronym
Vision/values
Aims/goals
Learning prioritised
Users defined
Ecosystem for sharing