Group work doesn't have to suck. In this sketch note video, we explore what makes creative collaboration work.

This 2:30 fun animation was produced to support our Collaboration Values Statement (2014) to promote the benefits of Good Collaboration for community partners and organizations.

Karen talks about how teams can build unity by creating art. She takes us through several pieces of art and the process of going from a blank canvas to works of art that become staples of organizations.

Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.

The Tuckman Model of Group Formation and Team Development is one of the most important, useful, and successful management models. Simply put... Every manager needs to know it!

The Belbin Team Profile is one of the most widely used team assessment tools. It is a great help to project managers in balancing your team and diagnosing problems with your team dynamics. So, what is the Belbin Team Profile?
Here, Dr Mike Clayton, founder of https://OnlinePMCourses.com, answers this question, in under 5 minutes.

Here are some effective conflict resolution techniques - because avoiding conflict isn’t always possible! Conflict is part of life - whether it’s at home, at school, at work or with friends. Having a difference of opinion with someone is certainly no fun. After all, nobody holds a point of view they think is wrong! Thankfully, we can all learn how to improve our communication skills by implementing some non-aggressive conflict management strategies. Resolving issues with others doesn’t need to be all that difficult! So, the next time you are having a disagreement - instead of getting defensive, blaming others, or throwing tantrums - try some of these techniques.

Teach your students how to resolve their differences with negotiation and compromise, and why it's a bad thing to always get your way. People are not always going to get along everyone. And anger and frustration are natural human emotions, so there’s no way to avoid feeling them. But there are ways to disagree without being disagreeable—and in this BrainPOP movie on conflict resolution, Tim and Moby will teach your students all about them!
Students will find out why it’s a good idea to take a deep breath and collect themselves before they respond to a situation they're not thrilled about. They'll discover different ways to compromise, and how placing themselves in another person’s shoes can change a potential screaming match into a friendly discussion.

Describes the art of principled negotiation, also known as "getting to yes."

In this talk, Anne describes her use of methods from psychology, neuroscience and behavioral economics to investigate the processes that underlie social understanding and social interaction. Specifically, she is interested in gaze behavior, empathy, perspective-taking and social decision-making. More recently, Anne began to address the malleability of socio-affective and socio-cognitive capacities and interpersonal behavior by means of meditation based trainings.