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Tuesday

Jun012010

The PEOPLE Affected by Collaboration

01 June 2010

As a reader of this blog, you are well aware of what I am about to say - effective collaboration can only be achieved through a holistic approach consisting of the 4 P’s: Purpose, People, Process and Place. And while I am in agreement with this approach, I firmly believe that PEOPLE is the most important of the 4 P’s. Without people, there would be no collaboration. You need other PEOPLE around you to work with you in your PLACE to identify a PURPOSE and collaborate within your business PROCESSES. So who are the people that are most important in collaboration?

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Thursday

May272010

BP Oil Spill - Unmitigated Disaster in Collaboration

27 May 2010

Updated on 11 June 2010 by Lokesh Datta

I must begin by saying that this is not a political post; this is not about bashing BP or the US administration. Second, although I do confess to being a news-junkie, I have the same limited knowledge of the situation that is available to all of you. I am no more plugged into the administration or BP than I am plugged into the hole one mile underwater in the ocean. More than one month after the start of this disaster, here is how I see it from a collaboration standpoint. I shall use our 4 Ps Model for Effective Collaboration: Purpose, People, Process and Place.

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Tuesday

May252010

Leveraging A “Change Model” for Collaboration

25 May 2010

I recognize that there are many “change models,” but this particular one caught my attention, for its simplicity and insights. I do not know who the author is. I feel that this change model applies to collaboration as well. Granted that change initiatives are at a grand scale, and we usually speak of collaboration "efforts," unless an organization is embarking on a change initiate to create a strong culture of collaboration. According to the change model, successful change has 5 key elements: i) Vision, ii) Skills, iii) Incentives, iv) Resources, and v) Action Plan. With these ingredients, the model lays out 5 possibilities:

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Articulate the Purpose of Your Collaboration Effort!

24 May 2010

Articulating the purpose of any project is not as easy as it seems. A lack of clearly-defined business reasons and clarity of purpose create at least confusion, if they don’t derail the effort and its impact altogether. We have proposed the 4 Ps Model for Effective Collaboration: Purpose, People, Process and Place. The PURPOSE is the starting point. The purpose of any collaborative effort must have a business context; after all, you are trying to solve a business problem that would have a demonstrable business impact, at least presumably. Or else, you would have no valid reason. Here is a set of proposed steps for articulating the PURPOSE of your collaborative effort.

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Collaboration isn’t what it used to be! Or, is it?

18 May 2010

Updated on 26 May 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Updated on 01 June 2010 by Lokesh Datta

This a 3-part guest post for Managing the Work blog on managing complexity in collaboration. The first part deals with trends driving collaboration and sources of complexity in collaboration. Parts 2 and 3 offer practical advice on how to manage complexity. Using our 4 Ps Model for Effective Collaboration - Purpose, People, Process and Place - Part 2 addresses tips on Purpose and People, and Part 3 address tips on Process and Place.

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