Collaboration stories
Teamwork across distance
A construction crisis erupts. Engineers are scrambling. You need to coordinate with three different teams in three different locations. What do you do?
Brainstorming made easy
Your marketing group is meeting to discuss the next fiscal year. Ideas are flying around the room. Your director walks in and asks to see the original draft of goals. What do you do?
Saving time by saving work
The VP has been at the whiteboard for an hour. He’s writing about your department’s new direction. The meeting time is almost up, and he wants you to copy his notes. What do you do?
Equal participants – better decisions
Your product manager walks into the meeting room and sighs. You both know that the operations rep is going to dominate the brainstorming session again. What do you do?
Clarity above all
The land sale falls with a thud on your desk. How much is this drilling opportunity worth? You’ll need to coordinate with your field team before the deadline passes. What do you do?
Training stories
Long distance learning simplified
Your VP gives you two days to set up a session. But most of the participants are in Dallas. You wonder, is there room in the budget for the flight, car rental and hotel? What do you do?
A team effort
The class is struggling with the project management process. If only you could pool their ideas. You try hooking up laptops to your computer, but it ends in a tangle of cables. What do you do?
Escape the note-taking nightmare
Your color-coding system flew out the window after the first half hour. The learner’s comments are coming too fast. You and your flip chart can’t keep up. What do you do?
Learning by multiplication
Your class is on the verge of a breakthrough. But they’re having trouble with the last part of your leadership training. Group discussion always ends up going in circles. What do you do?
Seeing is learning
You lift your laser pointer again. “It’s here,” you say. But the light flickers on the screen. You try standing on tiptoe to point with your finger. They start raising their hands. What do you do?