Quotes About Collaboration

SHOULD EVERYONE WHO helped run the Nazi machine be prosecuted for war crimes, or could some be brought to work for the U.S. government instead?

It specifically forbade cooperation with anyone who had been "a member of the Nazi Party and more than a nominal participant in its activities, or an active supporter of Nazi militarism.

Trotsky cut in: "'Collective leadership' is precisely when everyone hinders each other or everyone attacks each other.' (Laughter).

A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it.

while high trust won't necessarily rescue a poor strategy, low trust will almost always derail a good one.

Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make

Independent people who do not have the maturity to think and actinterdependently may be good individual producers, but they won't be good leaders or team players

Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.

If I am intellectually interdependent, I realize that I need the best thinking of other people to join with my own.

Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality. Independent people who do not have the maturity to think and act interdependently may be good individual producers, but they won't be good leaders or team players. They're not coming from the paradigm of interdependence necessary to succeed in marriage, family, or organizational reality.

But the greatest opportunities and boundless accomplishments of the Knowledge Worker Age are reserved for those who master the art of "we.

You can pretty well summarize the first three habits with the expression "make and keep a promise." And you can pretty well summarize the next three habits with the expression "involve others in the problem and work out the solution together.

What is synergy? Simply defined, it means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It

You can only achieve Win/Win solutions with Win/Win processes—the end and the means are the same.

Interdependence is the paradigm of we—we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.

but they don't really want to listen; they want to manipulate. And synergy can't thrive in that

On the maturity continuum, dependence is the paradigm of you—you take care of me; you come through for me; you didn't come through; I blame you for the results. Independence is the paradigm of I—I can do it; I am responsible; I am self-reliant; I can choose. Interdependence is the paradigm of we—we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.

If a person of your intelligence and competence and commitment disagrees with me, then there must be something to your disagreement that I don't understand, and I need to understand it. You have a perspective, a frame of reference I need to look at." Nonprotective interaction developed, and an unusual culture was born.

Anything less than Win/Win in an interdependent reality is a poor second best that will have impact in the long-term relationship.

organizations are composed of people, and the more effective those people, the stronger the organization.

Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own effort. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success. If I were physically dependent—paralyzed or disabled or limited

no se puede pensar en términos de eficiencia cuando se trata de personas. Se piensa en términos de efectividad con la gente y de eficiencia con las cosas.

The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.

in our relationships with others. It involves mutual learning, mutual influence, mutual benefits.