Collaboration | jeffpanning.com

I have come to realize that better collaboration and communication can help solve many of our problems.

The best people to solve problems are the ones that experience the challenges day after day. Yet often they don’t have an effective method of sharing feedback and working with others to identify the real cause and brainstorm solutions. Their companies or teams...

Collaboration is about unleashing the collective genius of diverse minds. Tom Kelley.

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Take-a-ways: 1. Diverse minds alone aren’t enough. They still need clear communication, shared goals, and effective teamwork. 2. Collaboration also requires a balance between diverse perspectives and alignment toward a common purpose. 3. Genius begins with...

“The most potent listening technique is simply not talking”. Ford Harding.

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High Performing Team take-aways: You can’t learn if you are talking. You can’t comprehend if you are planning your response. You can’t build trust if people don’t think you respect them. Learning. Comprehending. Building Trust. These are all...

How fast can you do from feedback to action?

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Follow this 4 step Lessons Learned process to get you from feedback to action faster. Feedback. Findings. Strategy. Actions. Collect feedback from all stakeholders. Working. Not Working. Opportunities. Consolidate the Findings. Prioritize the insights. Select those...

Watch out for the 7 Wastes of Poor Collaboration:

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Defects: The need for repeating a message because it wasn’t clear in the first place. Overproduction: Completing something others will need to approve to 100%, without getting their early alignment. Overprocessing: Going off-topic and losing focus on the...

Watch for signs of loneliness in the people around you!

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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently declared loneliness a public health epidemic, warning that isolation can increase the risk of an early death by 60%‚ At the equivalent of smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness...

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