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This 1-hour course gives you the tools you need to get the best from your team collectively, featuring immediately actionable tools used by high-performing teams around the world.
Collective intelligence measures the combined intelligence of a group of people to solve shared problems. Science has proved that if a group of people use the right behaviors and approaches, they can be more intelligent together than the most intelligent person in that group. This course explains and simplifies the latest scientific research in psychology, neuroscience ,and collective intelligence to help you enhance your teams hive thinking and performance for more successful decision-making.
Teamwork and collaboration expert and author, Pamela Hamilton, shows you how to build a strong, resilient, high-performing team using collective intelligence tools and strategies that you can implement as a team leader or a team member.
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Introduction to Course
Course overview
What is Collective Intelligence?
Introduction
Introduction to the Hive Mind and Collective Intelligence
Learning about collaboration from ants, bees and fish
Why collective intelligence is at risk today
Design & Lead: Facilitating Successful Collaboration
Introduction
Why collective intelligence needs planning and facilitation
Principles of divergence and convergence
Using collective intelligence tools and techniques
Diversify the Team: Increase Project Success
Introduction
Why diversity is crucial to collective intelligence
Respecting and supporting different team members
Preparing people to contribute well
Prime Participants: Prepare The Hive Mind
Introduction
Why prep work and priming helps the Hive Mind
Examples of scouts and prep work
Finding relevant inspiration and stimulus
Airtime: Guarantee Equal Participation
Introduction
Equal participation and why it works
Structure and theming for idea development
Manage dominant or high-status participants
Collaboration Behaviors: Managing People to Co-Create
Introduction
Setting expectations for participation
Key collaboration behaviors
Dealing with challenging people and behaviors
Constructive Conflict: How To Stretch Thinking
Introduction
What is good conflict?
How to disagree well
Conversation starters for constructive conflict
Schema: Structure Information for Decision-Making
Introduction
Introduction to schema and information structures
The importance of varying perspectives and analysis
Disrupt habits, setting, and pace for fresh thinking
Storytelling: Enhance Memorability and Meaning
Introduction
How storytelling aids memory
How to use technology to collaborate
Tips for strong narratives
Final Map