Design is about envisioning a better future, and working towards making it happen. Changing the world around us by creating things is innately human. When we create together, magic can happen - or disaster can strike. These days, we take a job because of the people we work with. A great team is key for a startup to get investment. We strive to work in multi-skilled, balanced teams and end up spending a lot of time with our colleague-friends. Collaboration is such a joy, but often incredibly difficult. In this talk, I look into what makes people play well together, and share what has helped me collaborate better. I share what I've learned about collaboration from UX, agile software development and lean startup, about cognitive diversity, the role of values and vision, and include some practical 'collaboration hacks'.

1. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/bryn_s/5606110558
Collaboration
Hacks.
Let’s
do
great
together.
Johanna
Kollmann ~ @johannakoll
WebVisions
Barcelona,
2013

10. Collaboration
“to
work
together
especially
in
some
literary,
artistic,
or
scienti5ic
undertaking;
to
work
jointly
with
others
or
together
especially
in
an
intellectual
endeavour.”
Webster’s
New
World
Dictionary
for
the
American
Language;
Merriam
Webster
Online
Dictionary.

11. Space
&
Context

12. Skills
&
Toolkit

13. Purpose
&
Values

14. Space
&
Context

15. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/chiperoni/2687643183/
Space
is
the
body
language
of
a
team.

16. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/sibertekt/357691235/

17. Objective:
Participation

18. We
found
that
even
the
slightest
attention
towards
posture
-­‐
standing
versus
sitting
-­‐
for
example,
can
greatly
amplify
the
potential
of
design
collaboration.
~
Scott
Doorley
&
Scott
Witthoft
Make
Space:
How
to
Set
the
Stage
for
Creative
Collaboration
(2012)

19. The
Power
of
Perching
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/rerun/4665727183/

20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bisonblog/3312119959/

21. Objective:
Re5lection
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/ihatemornings/5435456115/

22. The
Power
of
the
Camp5ire
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/kaiban/7012611863/

23. Objective:
Sharing

25. The
Power
of
Putting
Things
in
People’s
Way

26. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelwinch/6412700227/
Objective:
Release

27. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/46145831@N00/399171479/

28. Skills
&
Toolkit

29. How
many
four-­‐sided
shapes
(squares
and
rectangles)
do
you
see
in
this
diagram?

30. In
each
sequence,
replace
the
X
with
the
unique
number
that
makes
the
sequence
logically
consistent.
Sequence
1:
1
4
9
16
X
36
Sequence
2:
1
2
3
5
X
13
Sequence
3:
1
2
6
X
1806

31. How
many
four-­‐sided
shapes
(squares
and
rectangles)
do
you
see
in
this
diagram?
1 2
3
4 5
6
7
8 9

32. In
each
sequence,
replace
the
X
with
the
unique
number
that
makes
the
sequence
logically
consistent.
Sequence
1:
1
4
9
16
x
36
Sequence
2:
1
2
3
5
x
13
Sequence
3:
1
2
6
x
1806
25
8
42

33. Intelligence
has
two
parts:
crystalized
intelligence
describing
domain
knowledge,
and
5luid
intelligence,
which
is
the
ability
to
identify
patterns
and
solve
problems.
~
Jonah
Lehrer

34. A
person’s
ability
to
contribute
improves
if
she
can
see
a
problem
in
multiple
ways
and
if
she
can
apply
diverse
heuristics.
~
Scott
Page
The
Difference:
How
the
Power
of
Diversity
Creates
Better
Groups,
Firms,
Schools,
And
Societies
(2007)

35. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/hannahdonovan/5900445189/

37. Experience
Map
by
Chris
Risdon,
from
h"p://adapPvepath.com/ideas/the-­‐anatomy-­‐of-­‐an-­‐experience-­‐map

39. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhenry/2051224366/

40. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/menlopics/3928252631/

41. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/45581782@N00/8035308650/

42. Purpose
&
Values

43. Give
people
something
to
care
about
more
than
themselves.

44. Values
represent
our
guiding
principles:
our
broadest
motivations,
in5luencing
the
attitudes
we
hold
and
how
we
act.
The
Common
Cause
Handbook
(2011).
www.valuesandframes.org

45. Adapted
from
The
Common
Cause
Handbook
(2011).
www.valuesandframes.org
Intrinsic
values Extrinsic
values
inherently
rewarding
to
pursue centred
on
external
approval
or
rewards
Affiliation
to
family
and
friends
Connection
with
nature
Concern
for
others
Social
justice
Creativity
Wealth
Material
success
Concern
about
image
Social
status
Prestige
Social
power
Authority

46. “Hell
is
other
people.”

48. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/bryn_s/5605349451/
Resources
+
write-­‐up:
usandthemachines.com
Walk
and
talk
with
me:
ohours.org/johannakoll