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Shared vision
The more participants are aligned to a common vision or goal, the more motivated they will be to overcome barriers to effective collaboration.
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Be neutral
While your point of view is important, you must fundamentally remain open to alternative points of view.
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Map participants
Take time to identify and understand the unique capabilities, needs, interests and viewpoints of the people collaborating.
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Be present
Collaboration is a complex task, requiring empathy for all participants involved.
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Resource collaboration adequately
Collaboration takes time, and can often seem slow to deliver tangible outcomes.
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#fightforthereef - Rapid collaboration on campaign design
A story of how a campaign strategy was collaboratively designed in two days, to achieve a massive outcome in a matter of weeks, in order to protect one of the world’s natural wonders.
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Parks Victoria - wePlan Collaborative Consultation
Parks Victoria begins their journey of leadership in interactive digital engagement with an innovative collaborative planning platform.
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Collaboration Definition - The 3 C's Framework
A powerful and broadly applicable definition of the concept of collaboration, understood in relation to the related concepts of cooperation and coordinaton.
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Commitment must be top-down and bottom-up
In order to have all the ingredients you need to make change, you need to engage participants of all levels.
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Protecting my patch
In order to ensure the status quo, participants may engage in destructive or uncooperative behaviour that deliberately subverts the collaborative process.
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Collaborative consonance - how well are we collaborating?
The Collaborative Consonance framework helps you understand the fundamental aspects that make collaboration work, and identify which aspect needs the most attention.
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Failing forward - Lesson in stakeholder management
A story of moving too quickly into collaboration, and getting derailed by dissatisfied stakeholders.
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Stonnington: Inner Melbourne Action Plan
Client: Stonnington
Project name: Inner Melbourne Action Plan (IMAP)
Sector: Government
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Capability-building Project Partnership
Every project is an opportunity for learning and capability-building.
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FutureMelbourne - The City Plan that Anyone Can Edit
How visionary local council innovators created the world's first truly collaborative city plan.
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Mapping the system
In order to help participants get on the same page about how the system works and how they want it to change, make a diagram/visualisation of how the parts of the current system function together...
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Scalable Collaboration - the Collabforge Approach
The increasing pace of change, complexity in our environment, and interdependence of actors are demanding a more collaborative approach to innovation, change and engagement.
