Posts Tagged ‘collaboration’

Turning Your Coworkers into Collaborators

As the youngest of three sons, I’ve been competing my whole life. Whether it was space in the back of the car during a long car ride or the consideration of a career outside of business or technology, my path has always felt like an adventure. Competition has been conditioned into my outlook on many things. Until now.

Patrick Lencioni, author of The Three Signs of a… » Continue

November 9 2007 | By Mike | Tagged: collaboration, competitor, relationship | 7 comments»

Do You Need A Collaborator, or a Schemer?

David Seah writes probably one of my favorite articles in a while, the difference between Collaboration and Scheming.

Being a Schemer at heart, it’s nice to read an objective comparison between the two and what the difference boils down to. According to Seah, it’s an ‘emotional vs rational duality’.
So what does one expect from a good “co-schemer”?

A co-schemer buys into your idea completely, because it’s their idea too.
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April 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: collaboration, team, teams, teamwork | no comments»

All Business is Personal

There are no objective, impersonal “laws” of business. Even all those numbers and ratios won’t change that. At bottom, business and organizations are deeply personal and horribly messy. Until we accept that, we won’t get far in improving how they work.

It’s fashionable to see business as an impersonal activity: as a world governed by objective numbers, financial ratios, and so-called “business fundamentals.”

It’s not like that. Not at all.

At the heart… » Continue

December 11 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: business, choice, collaboration, Communication, Hamburger-Management, leadership | 5 comments»

Putting Your Trust in . . . Trust

Trust is an essential component in almost all dealings between human beings, other than outright hostile ones like wars and terrorism. It is certainly vital for the proper running of any organization, as well as for almost all the components of trade and commerce. Lack of trust between trading partners undermines the proper functioning of business. Mistrust is a major cause of excessive (and unnecessary) workload on leaders, since the… » Continue

November 27 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: business-ethics, civilized-work, collaboration, commitment, corporate-culture, empowerment, Hamburger-Management, honesty, innovation, integrity, leadership, Lifehack, Management, micro-management, motivation, office-politics, relationships, teamwork, trust, work, work-life, workstyle | 2 comments»

Use ChipIn to Pay as a Group

In office life, there’s the constant thrum of someone raising money through selling cookies, or collecting a few dollars for a baby shower, or a few more for someone’s 10 year anniversary at the company. It’s easy to give and receive money for these because you’re all in the same place. Sunil comes over and collects a few Euros, and then goes to see Ramesh and Shashi. Soon, the task… » Continue

August 25 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: chipin, collaboration, donation, micropayments, Money | 2 comments»