good afternoon and welcome
what about collaboration let’s talk
about collaboration how successful are
we in the way we collaborate now I’ve
been working in the public health for
many years and that means I participated
in a lot of different projects national
international local and it also means
like many of you by the way I
experienced a lot of different ways in
how people work together and to be very
honest some of the ways we work together
really frustrated me it really annoyed
me now let’s give you an example I
remember I sat down behind the computer
working out all those wonderful ideas
different partners came up with and I
made those into concrete plans and on
paper did really looked as a very solid
collaboration now what happens what
happens between that very moment in a
moment we somehow ended up having a
discussion about whose order or logo
should be where and in which order about
text and colors now this example doesn’t
sense alone and I even think some of you
might have some recognition here now
inspired it inspired me to further
explore what’s happening in
collaboration and I finally did some
studying and I end up being a team coach
now in our work collaboration is
inevitable we always have to work with
different parties because that’s the
public character of our sector and if
only because it’s one of the conditions
by the local government the national
government and what about funding and
that’s also the hard part because
sometimes we need to collaborate with
doesn’t automatically mean we want to
collaborate and let’s face it
collaboration is not always fun let’s be
honest you have to take care of each
other
you have to
account of each other you have to deal
with all the differences you have to
make agreements again and again and
especially collaboration takes a lot of
time now let me ask you a question
for how many teams do you think
collaboration is an easy path and
enjoyable as well well there is an
organization called steam coaching
International they did some research
they end up with the figure of one out
of ten one out of ten so I think some of
you might be counting right now like I’m
the lucky one or I’m not to look him on
but one hour out of 10 so what does that
mean to us it means that if you want to
collaborate you really have to seriously
invest now one of the things I notice is
that it’s quite obvious and we all know
that if you’re going to work together it
really helps when you get to know each
other now by getting to know each other
I mean a bit more than having this
introduction or around in which people
introduce themselves state their name
their function and then we go over to
the order of goals ambitions results and
things like that I’m talking about
really understanding who the other party
is and I’m talking about investing in
time in things like what are the
personal ambitions what are fears what
are things like desires weaknesses but
also qualities so really taking time to
understand who the other party and
person is now that’s often skipped and
most of the time by the Gees of having
lack of time over saying yeah it’s a bit
soft hustle to do so secondly it’s
really important where you’re going to
work together that you go to that
specific place where there is
conflict now I must say and I know I may
suggest otherwise but I don’t like
conflict
I rather avoid it I don’t like
disagreements at all
and Here I am stating how important it
is that we create a space where we can
disagree with each other and where we
can have conflict and to be honest it’s
not new most of the theories about
collaboration argued that successful
collaboration is supportive by having
this space for disagreement and conflict
so how are we going to organize that
again first of all it’s so important
that we build a layer of trust and after
that I really love what I what I like to
do in that very spaces I love to have
up sessions what I mean by that
is that we invite each other to really
come up with all the things you can
imagine
how to make a huge failure out of our
collaboration really mess it up and I
promise you this is so enlightening to
do I really is lovely to do and at the
same time it gives you a lot of
information about where there might be
conflicting issues and how to deal with
them now imagine you have had such a
session and you still want to work
together wow that’s what I call a solid
ground for collaboration of course you
have to park the issues you cannot agree
on of course you have to do that they
really have to find out how you go to
manage them that’s for sure
but at the same time now you can focus
on how to make your collaboration really
successful now in this very stage it
also might secure that the difference
you faced are too large to bridge and in
that case please do not go and work
together because you know you will end
up with the endless repeating
discussions on the
same themes or logos or text or colors
and that’s not what you want one of the
other reasons why you shouldn’t go
collaborate when you really find out
that you know the difference all too big
is that you know you will probably end
up with a bad results or at least a
result which is a weak version of the
one you in your originally plan had
designed when I go back to the example I
started with I can’t recall we ever you
know took time to get to know each other
I can’t recall especially that we never
went to that area where it you know
became difficult so there was during the
project all the time there was this
lumbering beneath of own outspoken
differences and it didn’t help how the
way we work together and also the
results ahead I think could be better
now I like to end this short talk with a
quote from one of my favorite
philosophers at this moment and he is
called Alain de Botton now some of you
might know him but inaudible talk is not
only a philosopher is also the founder
of the school of life and he advocates
the following it should prevent a lot of
pain disappointment and divorces if
people should start at one of their very
first dates to share their craziness and
I like to apply that also into our work
so when we collaborate realize it’s all
about relationship and let’s start there
to make a collaboration worthwhile thank you
what about collaboration let’s talk
about collaboration how successful are
we in the way we collaborate now I’ve
been working in the public health for
many years and that means I participated
in a lot of different projects national
international local and it also means
like many of you by the way I
experienced a lot of different ways in
how people work together and to be very
honest some of the ways we work together
really frustrated me it really annoyed
me now let’s give you an example I
remember I sat down behind the computer
working out all those wonderful ideas
different partners came up with and I
made those into concrete plans and on
paper did really looked as a very solid
collaboration now what happens what
happens between that very moment in a
moment we somehow ended up having a
discussion about whose order or logo
should be where and in which order about
text and colors now this example doesn’t
sense alone and I even think some of you
might have some recognition here now
inspired it inspired me to further
explore what’s happening in
collaboration and I finally did some
studying and I end up being a team coach
now in our work collaboration is
inevitable we always have to work with
different parties because that’s the
public character of our sector and if
only because it’s one of the conditions
by the local government the national
government and what about funding and
that’s also the hard part because
sometimes we need to collaborate with
doesn’t automatically mean we want to
collaborate and let’s face it
collaboration is not always fun let’s be
honest you have to take care of each
other
you have to
account of each other you have to deal
with all the differences you have to
make agreements again and again and
especially collaboration takes a lot of
time now let me ask you a question
for how many teams do you think
collaboration is an easy path and
enjoyable as well well there is an
organization called steam coaching
International they did some research
they end up with the figure of one out
of ten one out of ten so I think some of
you might be counting right now like I’m
the lucky one or I’m not to look him on
but one hour out of 10 so what does that
mean to us it means that if you want to
collaborate you really have to seriously
invest now one of the things I notice is
that it’s quite obvious and we all know
that if you’re going to work together it
really helps when you get to know each
other now by getting to know each other
I mean a bit more than having this
introduction or around in which people
introduce themselves state their name
their function and then we go over to
the order of goals ambitions results and
things like that I’m talking about
really understanding who the other party
is and I’m talking about investing in
time in things like what are the
personal ambitions what are fears what
are things like desires weaknesses but
also qualities so really taking time to
understand who the other party and
person is now that’s often skipped and
most of the time by the Gees of having
lack of time over saying yeah it’s a bit
soft hustle to do so secondly it’s
really important where you’re going to
work together that you go to that
specific place where there is
conflict now I must say and I know I may
suggest otherwise but I don’t like
conflict
I rather avoid it I don’t like
disagreements at all
and Here I am stating how important it
is that we create a space where we can
disagree with each other and where we
can have conflict and to be honest it’s
not new most of the theories about
collaboration argued that successful
collaboration is supportive by having
this space for disagreement and conflict
so how are we going to organize that
again first of all it’s so important
that we build a layer of trust and after
that I really love what I what I like to
do in that very spaces I love to have
up sessions what I mean by that
is that we invite each other to really
come up with all the things you can
imagine
how to make a huge failure out of our
collaboration really mess it up and I
promise you this is so enlightening to
do I really is lovely to do and at the
same time it gives you a lot of
information about where there might be
conflicting issues and how to deal with
them now imagine you have had such a
session and you still want to work
together wow that’s what I call a solid
ground for collaboration of course you
have to park the issues you cannot agree
on of course you have to do that they
really have to find out how you go to
manage them that’s for sure
but at the same time now you can focus
on how to make your collaboration really
successful now in this very stage it
also might secure that the difference
you faced are too large to bridge and in
that case please do not go and work
together because you know you will end
up with the endless repeating
discussions on the
same themes or logos or text or colors
and that’s not what you want one of the
other reasons why you shouldn’t go
collaborate when you really find out
that you know the difference all too big
is that you know you will probably end
up with a bad results or at least a
result which is a weak version of the
one you in your originally plan had
designed when I go back to the example I
started with I can’t recall we ever you
know took time to get to know each other
I can’t recall especially that we never
went to that area where it you know
became difficult so there was during the
project all the time there was this
lumbering beneath of own outspoken
differences and it didn’t help how the
way we work together and also the
results ahead I think could be better
now I like to end this short talk with a
quote from one of my favorite
philosophers at this moment and he is
called Alain de Botton now some of you
might know him but inaudible talk is not
only a philosopher is also the founder
of the school of life and he advocates
the following it should prevent a lot of
pain disappointment and divorces if
people should start at one of their very
first dates to share their craziness and
I like to apply that also into our work
so when we collaborate realize it’s all
about relationship and let’s start there
to make a collaboration worthwhile thank you
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