Dark Side of Collaboration by Naresh Jain

D A R K S I D E O F C O L L A B O R AT I O N

S T O P T H E M A D N E S S F O R C O N S TA N T G R O U P W O R K … C O L L A B O R A T I O N ! = I N N O VA T I O N

C O L L A B O R A T I O N ! = B E T T E R P R O D U C T I V I T Y

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W R I T E D O W N A W O R D / P H R A S E T H AT C O M E S T O Y O U R M I N D W H E N Y O U T H I N K O F C O L L A B O R AT I O N

Q U I C K P O L L :

C O L L A B O R AT I O N R E M I N D S M E O F…

• Working in Groups

• Shared Understanding & Goals

• Learning from each other

• Collective Ownership

• Helping each other

• More creativity

• More productivity

• Safety

• Not being judged

• Self Organising

• Consensus

• Democracy

• Buy-in

– W I K I P E D I A

“Collaboration is working with others to do a task and to achieve shared goals. It is a recursive

process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals

by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus.”

“Collaboration is about people having a working-agreement and collectively deciding what needs to be done. They might go off on their own and do stuff, but as

long as they are regularly checking-in with each other, they are still collaborating.”

– D AV I D H U S S M A N

“Co-location does NOT mean Collaboration”

– J E F F PAT T O N

“People don’t realise how bad they are at Collaboration”

D E T E R R E N T S F O R C O L L A B O R AT I O N• Skills

• Trust

• Fear

• Failure

• Lossing Control

• Safety

• Look Stupid

• Risk

• Ego

• Self Centred

• Passive Aggression

• Power and Control

• Personal Agenda

• Must Win src: Pollyanna Pixton

“When would you recommend not to use Collaboration?”

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– S I R A L E C I S S I G O N I S

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