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Design rules of engagement

Design rules of engagement

From the course: Collaboration Principles and Process

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Design rules of engagement

- Diverse perspectives have been proven to have better outcomes for teams. This could not be more true and exciting because we all come from different backgrounds and experiences. Therefore, the opportunity is huge to collaborate more effectively, leveraging the wealth of diversity. The challenge is the execution of leveraging diverse perspectives to a better outcome is extremely hard. For this reason, we need to design a set of team norms to leverage the diversity while having reached the common ground we all want that engenders trust in one another. What are team norms? These are simply a set of practices that your team adopts that, if done well, creates a deep trust and common identity. Think about something as simple as we start and end our meetings on time, to something like we do not interrupt others when they're speaking. Here's the thing, designing a set of team norms is easy. You simply have a conversation with the team on the things that your team wants to adopt, that you…

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