Collaboration at work: From deadly deliverable Fridays to ballistic brainstorming days

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The word looms large in our work life. Motivational posters like “there’s no I in teamwork” silently keep reminding us of its importance in case we were on the verge of forgetting. Value statements tell us how it is a critical value that holds the entire company together like some invisible super glue. While collaboration is critical, here are a few hilarious situations of collaboration gone wrong. Last-minute deadline collaboration Imagine you are on a deadline. It’s Friday evening. Your Netflix screen is glaring meaningfully at you. You are just about to hit the finish button on the deliverable you have been working on all evening. It is the fifth version and you are hoping it will be accepted.

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Then comes the fateful message: “Just run it by X before sharing it.” There goes your Netflix time. A chill runs down your spine as you start worrying whether the rundown at the nth hour might completely change the direction of your deliverable depending on how clued in X really is. Goodbye to this version of the presentation. Goodbye to Friday. And to Saturday. You might just reach version 15 of your presentation over the course of the weekend. And by the time you finally get free, it’s Monday morning. You make a silent Netflix pact for the next weekend.

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The ballistic brainstorm collaboration Imagine a team meeting, online or in the physical world, depending on how well the back-to-work guidelines are being met, where the leader says, “Let’s brainstorm. What are the ways in which we can meet our target?” Now let’s imagine that the said target is impossible to achieve. And that the leader