by Gretchen Anderson | Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. | Release Date: April 2019 | ISBN: 9781492057468

Collaboration is key for organizations in the 21st century, yet few business people have been trained to teach this skill. How do you advance ideas in a collaborative way and then communicate them throughout your company? In this practical audio book, author Gretchen Anderson shows you how to generate ideas with others while gaining buy-in from all levels of your organization.Product managers, designers, marketers, technical leaders, and executives will obtain better insight into how team members work together to make decisions. Through tangible exercises and techniques, you'll learn how to turn promising ideas into products, services, and solutions that make a real difference in the market.Use a framework to develop ideas into hypotheses to be tested and refinedAvoid common pitfalls in the collaboration processAlign communication approaches to ensure that collaboration is effective and inclusiveStructure events or meetings for different types of collaboration depending on the people involvedPractice giving and receiving critiques to foster inclusion without resorting to consensus-based decisions

1. Opening Credits 00:00:13
2. Preface 00:10:33
3. Introduction 00:24:47
4. Part 1: Creating the Right Environment 00:00:43
5. Chapter 1: Enlist Everyone 00:40:56
6. Chapter 2: Give Everyone a Role 00:31:55
7. Chapter 3. Enable Trust and Respect 00:29:14
8. Chapter 4: Make Space 00:19:35
9. Part 2: Setting Clear Direction 00:00:37
10. Chapter 5: Make a Plan 00:38:09
11. Chapter 6: Set Clear and Urgent Objectives 00:44:14
12. Part 3: Exploring Solutions 00:00:44
13. Chapter 7: Explore Many Possibilities 00:40:58
14. Chapter 8: Make Sound Decisions 00:31:16
15. Chapter 9: Find Out What Others Think 00:31:35
16. Part 4: Communicating Clearly 00:00:43
17. Chapter 10: Communicate Transparently 00:24:43
18. Chapter 11: Tell the Story 00:36:05
19. Chapter 12: Conclusion 00:03:41
20. About the Author 00:00:42
21. Closing Credits 00:00:25