http://www.microob.com/who-does-what-and-why-are-here-anyway/ Addressing misalignments that harm collaboration Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:00:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.microob.com/who-does-what-and-why-are-here-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Dale Arseneault Wed, 06 May 2009 12:07:59 +0000 http://www.microob.com/who-does-what-and-why-are-here-anyway/#comment-854 Good post Chris.. as more and more work work is done in hetergeneous groups (whether cross functional teams, communities of practice, intra-organizational groups) due to the increasing complexity of our world, I totally agree that it is imperative that everyone involved explicitly state their role or objective, or even perspective, through which they're engaging with the group and the problem/issue the group is approaching. Tabling of all relevant information so groups, and the individuals within can make free and informed choices is critical, and that includes where the individual members are 'coming from.' But, as humans are all political to some degree or other, transparency and explicitness are good in theory, but often difficult in practice. Good post Chris.. as more and more work work is done in hetergeneous groups (whether cross functional teams, communities of practice, intra-organizational groups) due to the increasing complexity of our world, I totally agree that it is imperative that everyone involved explicitly state their role or objective, or even perspective, through which they’re engaging with the group and the problem/issue the group is approaching. Tabling of all relevant information so groups, and the individuals within can make free and informed choices is critical, and that includes where the individual members are ‘coming from.’ But, as humans are all political to some degree or other, transparency and explicitness are good in theory, but often difficult in practice.

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