Collaboration Quotes

There is no collective thinking.

There were moments in life, Marion thought, when you reached back, baton in hand, feeling the runner behind you. Felt the clasp of their fingers resonating through the wood, the release of your hand, which then flew forward, empty, into the space ahead of you.

When you invite people to share in your miracle, you create future allies during rough weather.

As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did.

Enlightenment is living in the light of cosmic collaboration.

Leadership must come from all of us -- the private, public, and civil sectors.

A person that only looks to benefit from other people, usually ends up alone.

The natural result of utilizing different perspectives is that people are more engaged because they feel their opinions are important.

Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.

Collaboration requires focusing on everything from vision and values to how individuals can feel they are making a real contribution.

For when ideas flutter in haze, we collaborate without notice and collect them as butterflies only to set them free into the world.

Consciously or not, we feel and internalize what the space tells us about how to work. When you walk into most offices, the space tells you that it's meant for a group of people to work alone. Closed-off desks sprout off of lonely hallways, and in a few obligatory conference rooms a huge table ensures that people are safely separated from one another.

In a research-poor context,isolated experience replaces professional knowledge as the dominant influence on how teachers teach.

The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.

There is no such thing as an “independent artist”. All artists are essentially co-dependent of the audience.

My group has to do the Eighth Amendment, which is the one about cruel and unusual punishment. I'm not sure why group work isn't counted in that amendment.

When people don't know what’s going on, it’s human nature for them to imagine a version that’s ten times worse than the truth!

Despite being a denizen of the digital world, or maybe because he knew all too well its isolating potential, Jobs was a strong believer in face to face meetings. " There's a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat,"he said."Thats crazy, Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions. You run into someone, you ask what they're doing, you say ' Wow, and soon your cooking up all sorts of ideas." So he had the Pixar building planned to promote encounters and unplanned collaborations. " If a building doesn't encourage that, you'll lose a lot of innovation and the magic that's sparked by serendipity,"he said.

There is no such thing as "healthy" competition within a knowledge organization; all internal competition is destructive. The nature of our work is that it cannot be done by any single person in isolation. Knowledge work is by definition collaborative.

If You Respect Their Preparation,You never Drop the Baton

A partner's different perspective is valuable, but the very fact that it is different means that it will require work, humility, time, and resources to incorporate that perspective. At times, this will require checking one's pride at the door.

Perceive conflict as positive, creative, and issue driven. Don't allow personal attacks.

When people feel trusted, they'll begin to understand they are contributors--and you'll get great ideas and happy people.

Everyone I have spoken with about working with the Russians in space exploration believes that the United States has learned a great deal from Russia and that Russia has learned a great deal from the United States – and that the entire international space partnership is much better because of it.

Conflict can be healthy within a collaborative group, as long as everyone sticks to the issues and things don't get personal.

It's hard for managers to consider different perspectives if they never ask people what they think.

The key to handling conflict is to make sure people understand it's okay to have an opposing view.

As a collaborative leader, you support people in their work—you remove roadblocks and help them win.

Dialogue teaches you to listen through your emotions, not to become distracted or distanced from the truth because of them.

At the U of U, we were inventing a new language. One of us would contribute a verb, another a noun, then a third person would figure out ways to string the elements together to actually say something.

Some of the greatest advances happen when people are bold enough to speak their truth and listen to others speak theirs.

A vision without a practical plan to develop it, is only that… “a vision.

Dialogue reminds us that we can question to build, not only to doubt or deconstruct.

You won't benefit from diverse perspectives if you aren't open to utilizing differences.

In order for collaboration to take place, managers must give up their silos and their perceptions of power.

Sometimes a pad on the back or just a simple word of comfort is all that it takes to bring someone under heavy stress back to balance.

We have to accept that much of reality is ineffable and so to understand it we can't rely on words alone.

Treat every connection, communication and collaboration as part of a continuous relationship.

I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true… Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together.

Collaborations are the black holes of knowledge regimes. They willingly produce nothingness, opulence and ill behavior. And it is their very vacuity that is their strength...It does not entail the transmission of something from those who have to those who do not, but rather the setting in motion of a chain of unforeseen accesses.

If you first take a minute, an hour or a month to let go of feeling annoyed, frustrated or critical of the person or situation that may be driving you crazy, you set yourself up for much greater leadership and personal success.

If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ?

Enlightenment is living in the light of cosmic collaboration. Collaboration gives us the freedom to come out of the boundaries of limited realities.

Christmas is about community, collaboration, celebration. Done right, Christmas can be an antidote to the Me First mentality that has rebranded capitalism as neo-liberalism. The shopping mall isn't our true home, nor is it a public space, though, as libraries, parks, playgrounds, museums and sports facilities disappear, for many the fake friendliness of the mall is the only public space left, apart from the streets

The Five C's of Coaching: 1- Clarity 2- Communication3- Collaboration 4- Commitment 5- Culture

Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. I have no kindness for you, and know you have as little for me. I will not, therefore, take any pains upon your account; and should I labour with you upon my own account, in expectation of a return, I know I should be disappointed, and that I should in vain depend upon your gratitude. Here then I leave you to labour alone; You treat me in the same manner. The seasons change; and both of us lose our harvests for want of mutual confidence and security.

Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.

People are more likely to remember the great social interaction they had with a colleague than the great meeting they both attended.

Collaboration is key, it takes innovation and creativity to the next room.

The beauty of collaboration between older and younger generations is that we combine strength with wisdom—a surefire way to accomplish more for the glory of God.

Three-Step Method for Making Stronger Connections: Take the Triangle Talk approach to connecting and reaching agreement with others: You, Me, Us. First refer to their interest, then yours - and then note how your interests coincide. This approach enables diverse people to gain traction sooner toward a common goal.

We are exploring together. We are cultivating a garden together, backs to the sun. The question is a hoe in our hands and we are digging beneath the hard and crusty surface to the rich humus of our lives.

Don’t look for leadership just at the top of the tree. Listen to leadership wherever it is expressed.

Collaboration is about “team work.” It’s not a cliché, it’s a practical reality.

I have always believed in the power of collaboration. Early on in my professional career, I realized that you can't develop all the competencies you need fast enough on your own. Furthermore, if you don't collaborate, your ideas will be limited to your own abilities. As a result, you will not be able to serve your clientele and thus can't achieve the anticipated impact.

There are 2 types of artist:those who create for others in mindthose who create for themselveseither way, none are truly independent.

When your heart is right, you want to bring out the best in others.

Collaboration begins with mutual understanding and respect.

Collaboration is an inside-out mindset. It has to start on the inside, with the Heart.

Synergy without strategy results to waste of energy.