Quotes About Collaboration

One day Ron Mael of Sparks casually asked Morgan what he thought of the recording we were making. Morgan gave it a thought and wisely said, 'You have to put more sound between the speakers', stretching his arms wide. Ron turned to me with a surprised expression on his face and said, 'Wow.' Morgan's suggestion made us widen the stereo soundscape of that mix.

My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.

I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do.

My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one.

I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms, he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him.

I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike.

In terms of the creative side of it, it's really been a thing where you come up with the funny stuff is usually at a bar or out talking to people or whatever.

Where SkyWings and MudWings were on the same side,

Cinema is a collaboration where everyone tries to erase everyone else's work.

Great teams make clear and timely decisions and move forward with complete buy-in from every member of the team, even those who voted against the decision. They leave meetings confident that no one on the team is quietly harboring doubts about whether to support the actions agreed on.

When a group of intelligent people come together to talk about issues that matter, it is both natural and productive for disagreement to occur. Resolving those issues is what makes a meeting productive, engaging, even fun.

most of a leadership team's objectives should be collective ones.

there cannot be alignment deeper in the organization, even when employees want to cooperate, if the leaders at the top aren't in lockstep with one another

If you ask me, the best thing that's happened in the last year is that we've almost become a jackass-free zone. No matter what happens, and what challenge we might face, give me a roomful of people who aren't jackasses, and I'll be happy to take it on.

Great team players lack excessive ego or concerns about status. They are quick to point out the contributions of others and slow to seek attention for their own. They share credit, emphasize team over self, and define success collectively rather than individually. It is no great surprise, then, that humility is the single greatest and most indispensable attribute of being a team player.

Most people are generally reasonable and can rally around an idea that wasn't their own as long as they know they've had a chance to weigh in.

No action, activity, or process is more central to a healthy organization than the meeting.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork.

To achieve results. This is the only true measure of a team P.42

When team members trust one another, when they know that everyone on the team is capable of admitting when they don't have the right answer, and when they're willing to acknowledge when someone else's idea is better than theirs, the fear of conflict and the discomfort it entails is greatly diminished. When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer. It is not only okay but desirable.

Keep in mind that a real team should be spending considerable time together in meetings and working sessions. In fact, it is not uncommon that as much as 20 percent of each team member's time is spent working through issues and solving problems with the team as a whole. p. 105

The most well-intentioned, well-designed departmental communication program will not tear down silos unless the people who created those silos want them torn down.