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Conflict resolution in a collaboration without having to resort to compromise 

A fear that haunts everyone in a collaboration is having to compromise. That is how you achieve conflict resolution isn’t it? Not necessarily. In fact if you resort to compromise you are not tapping into the one of the advantages of working in a collaboration. Ahhh! Conflict. Do you remember those ‘books’ that had some type […]

Wed Nov 18, 2015 01:58
7 counterintuitive meeting minute format hacks that will improve any collaboration

Writing minutes of any meeting can be a banal and frustrating task. The first time I took minutes I was busy trying to type everything everyone was saying including their names. This was not only difficult, but as I found out later it was silly. Usually no one looks at the minutes. However, when there […] The post 7 counterintuitive meeting minute format...

Wed Oct 14, 2015 14:49
The 7 deadly sins of collaboration and how to mitigate their impact

  What do you mean I can’t get a tax number.” I had just moved to Europe, bought a new house, and our first child was on the way and bureaucracy was blocking me from starting the job I had lined up. Prior to moving the EU passed a directive that established the principle that […] The post The 7 deadly sins of collaboration and how to mitigate their...

Wed Oct 7, 2015 12:57
Five core meta-principles that will help make your consortia deliver more with less effort – lean collaboration

Working in any collaboration is difficult. Simply having to work with others adds layers of complexity and difficulty. Nowhere else is this more evident than in multi-stakeholder biomedical collaborative research projects, or what are known as consortia. However, for some the word ‘consortia’ has become a most dreaded word. Papadaki and Hirsch describe...

Thu Oct 1, 2015 05:59
What you can learn from Monty Python about the power of collaboration.

Knights who call themselves The knights who say ‘Ni’ and demand shrubbery as a sacrifice? It is hard to imagine how the comedians of Monty Python came up with such an off the wall idea. No doubt they all possess genius level creativity. Or, was it more about the method they used? John Cleese, one [...]

Mon May 11, 2015 04:43
How to make conference calls worth your time: 53 tips for better conference calls.

I often hear people saying “oh,  face to face meetings are so much better I would rather not have conference calls.” They are right. There is no better means of forming relationships than meeting face to face. Its what happens between those face to face meetings that is the problem. For any kind of worthwhile [...]

Mon May 11, 2015 04:43

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