Successful collaborations: top tips

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(originally posted on LinkeIn) 

​If you are leading or considering a collaborative joint venture here are a few of my top tips for you to consider:

❇️What's your why?
Collaboration is not necessarily suitable or wise for all projects and outcomes. It's best suited to complex problems that demand effort to achieve a change.

❇️Leadership
Be prepared to engage in the collaborator's dance of moving between leading and following.
Come with an understanding of what you bring, coupled with a deep humility, and respect for what others bring.

❇️Finding the solutions
Spend at least 80% of your time together coming to a shared agreement of the problem and then work together to co-design the solution. Don't come with solutions and don't hold on to any idea too tight, too soon.

​...go ahead & post your thoughts and additional top tips in the comments below.