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Trying to collaborate but faced with new challenges? Try regrouping and flipping your approach...

sabina strachan

Dec 17, 2021
3 min

Trying to collaborate but faced with new challenges? Try regrouping and flipping your approach...

What can you do if you face unforeseen challenges that could derail your collaborative project? ‘Lou’ and ‘Jamila’ are college lecturers...

How do I facilitate collaboration? Three top tips.

sabina strachan

Jan 31, 2020
2 min

How do I facilitate collaboration? Three top tips.

What’s your experience of trying to facilitate collaboration? What were the challenges you faced? Were you able to overcome them? In this...

Want to collaborate but going nowhere fast? Try a different approach

sabina strachan

Dec 5, 2019
2 min

Want to collaborate but going nowhere fast? Try a different approach

Have you ever tried to work with others to solve a problem or achieve a common objective and struggled to reach the shared goal? If that...

Why collaborate? Collaborate to inspire...

sabina strachan

Sep 5, 2019
3 min

Why collaborate? Collaborate to inspire...

What are the benefits of collaborating for me, my team and our organisation? How would it change how we do things now?

What kind of space is going to help us collaborate?

sabina strachan

Feb 22, 2019
3 min

What kind of space is going to help us collaborate?

The idea of a ‘collaborative’ workspace or learning environment is not new. And we no longer need to be in a single physical space to...

Can I manage my time better to collaborate? Part 2

sabina strachan

Nov 30, 2018
2 min

Can I manage my time better to collaborate? Part 2

You’ve worked out what leads to pursue, invested in the set-up, made the necessary time commitments, found your collaborators and have...

Can I manage my time better to collaborate? Part 1

sabina strachan

Nov 23, 2018
3 min

Can I manage my time better to collaborate? Part 1

Collaboration takes time. Effective collaboration leads to better outcomes – so does that mean that the time you invest is ultimately...

How do I make the best use of my networks for collaboration?

sabina strachan

Oct 24, 2018
3 min

How do I make the best use of my networks for collaboration?

Your networks are a great way to find collaborators and support collaboration. But a strategic approach to network-building for...

Communication for successful collaboration – much more than a platform...

sabina strachan

Sep 25, 2018
3 min

Communication for successful collaboration – much more than a platform...

Good communication is a core skill for working with others collaboratively. This is true whether you are a collaborator or whether you...

Who are my collaborators and how do I find them?

sabina strachan

Jul 31, 2018
3 min

Who are my collaborators and how do I find them?

So, you know what collaboration is, what it's for and when it's the right approach. You have a collaborative mindset and you are...

How do you steer clear of collaboration pitfalls?

sabina strachan

May 15, 2018
3 min

How do you steer clear of collaboration pitfalls?

There are some common blind alleys, wrong turns and pitfalls you can face on any 'collaboration journey'. This blog is all about...

How do you break through barriers to collaborate? Part 2

sabina strachan

Apr 20, 2018
3 min

How do you break through barriers to collaborate? Part 2

Collaborating when you don't operate in a collaborative culture and with people who are inexperienced collaborators are key challenges...

How do you break through barriers to collaborate? Part 1

sabina strachan

Apr 16, 2018
3 min

How do you break through barriers to collaborate? Part 1

If the issue you're trying to resolve is best done so collaboratively and there is a collective will to achieve shared outcomes, then you...