Collaborative solutions
You are sitting in a meeting and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Everyone has views but no-one is making decisions and there appears to be increasing fog with little chance of it clearing.
What can you do?
Quite a lot. Judicious use of questions, summarising points, identifying areas of apparent agreement and providing process that helps structure the conversation can help produce collaborative solutions out of apparent discord. At a minimum, the group should be able to agree on what to do next, and an answer may emerge that is owned by everyone and widely praised.
As a result, you could be seen as the saviour of the day. Can’t be bad.
In 90 minutes you will have
- Understanding of what collaboration means and the benefits of using it for you.
- Practised collaborating with a group of people and experienced the different challenges associated with collaboration.
- Become familiar with practical ways to manage the content, process and dynamic of a collaborative discussion.
- Become able to spot flaws in group decision making and take action to prevent and manage them.
- Identified how to overcome your personal ‘collaboration demons’.