Collaboration

Challenges :

1. Trust
2. Attachements
3. Clarity and Alignment
4. Speed(slowdown)
5. Tech, Geography and Culture

Benefits :

1. Diversity
2. Speed(processes and efficiency)
3. Engagement
4. Productivity
5. More empathy

Ladder of Inference

1. Observed Data
2. Selected Daa
3. Interpretations
4. Assumptions
5. Conclusions
6. Beliefs
7. Actions

Rapid framework

1. Recommended
2. Agree
3. Perform
4. Input
5. Decide

Collaborative Decision Making

Poor decision making occurs when individuals are :

1. Disengagement : When conent is repeated, individuals become disengaged
2. Paralysis : When flooded with information, people become paralyzed
3. Anxiety : When stakes are too high people become anxious

Types of decision making

1. Directive : Decisions made by a single individual, no time consumption, requires knowledge of the decision maker.
2. Consultative : Gather input from people andd then decide
3. Collaborative : Gather team to get inputs, discuss and decide

High Velocity Decision Making

1. Neer use a "one size fits all" type decision making
2. Most decisions should be made at around 70% of the information you wish you had. If you wait for 90%, you're being too slow.
3. Use the cconcept "disagree and commit
4. Reecognise true misalignment issues early and escalate them quickly, as otherwise the default dispue resolution mechanism is exhaustion.

Divergent Thinking vs Converggent Thinking

Divergent Thinking	Convergent Thinking
Generating alternatives	Evaluaing alternatives
Free-flowing open discussion	Summarizing key points
Gathering diverse points of view	Sorting ideas into categories
Suspendng Judgement	Exercising Judgement
Usually caused by initiating a new topic	Usually caused by evaluating alternatives to reach a decision

Sam Kaner - Diamond of Paticipation

Another type of decision making :

Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious. It involves ideas that may not be obtainable using only traditional step-by-step logic.

Agree to Disagree, Agreeably.