Roles
The Handoff Problem: Why Work Stalls Between Owners
The handoff problem starts when one person finishes and the next is never clearly named. Make ownership, acceptance…
The full collection
Journal
Explore writing on shared goals, roles, decisions, communication and the group habits that shape collaborative work.
Decisions
One Decider or a Group Vote? Pick by Reversibility
One decider or a group vote? Use reversibility to assign authority for a team choice, avoid needless debate, and…
Group Habits
Before the Agenda: How Teams Learned to Meet Around Tasks
Before the agenda, teams gathered around shared tasks. See how intended outcomes can give group time a clear sequence…
Decisions
The Consensus Myth: Agreement Is Not the Same as Commitment
Consensus and commitment are different: learn how to preserve dissent, connect a decision to owners and next actions…
Shared Goals
A New Project, One Page at a Time
A first-session project plan gives a group a shared result, a first deliverable, and a reporting owner without…
Our point of view
Collaboration needs more than good intentions
A group can be friendly and still be unclear. We look at the decisions, expectations and habits that turn people working near one another into people working together.