Collaborations Brainstorm

Here is a summary of our brainstorm/reflection on collaborations. Revisit these periodically. Feel free to suggest additions, too.

Successful collaborations	Less-than-successful collaborations	Dealing with conflict in a collaboration effectively	Dealing with conflict in a collaboration poorly
being open to trying new things	letting ego get in the way	remain calm	waiting too long to address conflict
positive outlook from the beginning	poor time management	focus on positive points of agreement	not being present
asking thoughtful questions	lack of inspiration	focus on high-level goals	assuming the worst from your collaborator
effective communication	focusing on the product over people	bring them into your world / put yourself in their world	needing to be right
being respectful and understanding with collaborators	forgetting that collaborators are people too	understand your priorities and theirs
own your limitations & strengths	lack of foresight / anticipation of problems	control your impulses / gather your thoughts before reacting
set clear goals
"yes, and...": find positives in ideas/suggestions, rather than dwelling on negatives
establish how/when you will communicate