By Louis Bury — 2020
Collaboration, I’ve learned, means working slowly and embracing an organic sense of time to make room for everyone’s rhythms and capacities.
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As the world of art broadens its borders and sets its sights on all realms of culture, ARTnews surveyed collaborations of various kinds for the August/September issue of the magazine.
Ceramist Gregg Moore collaborates with chefs—and the land—to create custom dishes that reflect everything from sustainable farming to police brutality to the Chilean coastline.
Collaboration works best when it’s unexpected. Merriam-Webster defines collaboration as “to work jointly with others or together, especially in an intellectual endeavor.” That’s where we go wrong: Some of our collaborative efforts fail to stimulate us.
Artists feel pride in producing work that bears their unique stamp. As a result, some resist incorporating others’ ideas into their projects, even when those suggestions address problems they’d like to solve.
I cannot think of an innovation that—without collaboration—had a major impact on the world.
The chemistry of teamwork is born out of compassion among players and not acts of "rookie initiations."
One of the best parts about watching sports is seeing a team work in unison, with a common vision, and watching it succeed. Championships are won through the efforts of talented individuals who work together towards a common purpose.
After more than 24 years of coaching, I’ve noticed that teams and organizations still use traditional problem-solving techniques despite these being either obsolete or ineffective.
Whether it’s a high-tech company figuring out how to shrink its carbon footprint, or a local community trying to identify new revenue sources, people are continually dealing with problems that require input from others.
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Creativity has been valued throughout human history. It has also been called “the skill of the future” (Powers, 2018).