Practices of Dynamic Collaboration: A Dialogical Approach to Strengthening Collaborative Intelligence in Teams

This book provides senior managers, project- and program managers, team coaches, and team leaders with thought and management tools for potentiating self-organization and creating collaborative intelligence in teams. It aids readers in establishing team structures optimal for shared leadership, based on the longitudinal adult development of contributors. It introduces an empirically validated team typology and workspace analysis of dialogue spaces called 'We-Spaces,' featuring real-world examples and cases of teams that have become self-organizing.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 221 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book offers valuable insights and practical tools for senior managers, project and program managers, team coaches, and team leaders seeking to enhance self-organization and foster collaborative intelligence within teams. Drawing upon extensive research and expertise, the book has been adapted and expanded from the 2018 publication "Dynamic Collaboration: Strengthening Self-Organization and Collaborative Intelligence in Teams." It empowers readers to establish team structures that optimize shared leadership, drawing upon the longitudinal adult development of contributors, particularly as team members.

The authors employ a provocative paradigm to form, manage, evaluate, and link teams into networks, drawing from theoretical and empirical research on social-emotional and cognitive development since 1975. They introduce an empirically validated team typology and a workspace analysis of dialogue spaces known as "We-Spaces."

The book features real-world examples and case studies of teams that have successfully achieved self-organization, making it an invaluable resource for upper and middle-level managers, CEOs, Board of Directors, consultants, researchers, and academics specializing in human resource management, adult development, team building, leadership, and organizational management.

By providing a comprehensive framework and practical strategies, this book equips leaders with the tools they need to cultivate a culture of self-organization and collaborative intelligence, driving innovation, productivity, and success in today's dynamic business environments.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030425517
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020