Resumen de The art of managing complex collaborations
Eric Knight, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Barbara Mittleman
Few of the most pressing problems are likely to have simple solutions. Perhaps the only way to make progress on these and other challenges is by bringing together the important stake-holders on a given issue to pursue common interests and resolve points of conflict. However, it is not easy to assemble such groups or to keep them together. Many initiatives have stumbled and disbanded. The Biomarkers Consortium might have been one of them, but this consortium beat the odds, in large part due to the founding parties determination to make it work. Five lessons for anyone trying to build consensus are discussed: 1. Agree on what you cant achieve alone and create a permanent, well-defined space to advance collaborative projects. 2. Negotiate creative and flexible time frames for sharing risks and developing opportunities. 3. Establish an independent, fair process for stage-gating decision making, with continuous process improvement. 4. Establish routines to change routines. 5. Strive for alignment both within member organizations and across the consortium membership.
