All I Know About Collaboration I Learned from Rock Roll

摘要

Technical communicators at all levels and in all settings need to work collaboratively. Whether you're relatively new in your career or a seasoned professional, working as a lone writer/editor or leading a large department, you frequently will have to work on a cross-functional team where your success-and the success of your business-depends on collaborating with colleagues with varying backgrounds, skills and levels of expertise. What can technical communicators learn about collaboration from U2, The Beatles or Nirvana? A lot! We'll examine the song lyrics and stories of popular rock bands to learn how successful collaborators seek diverse perspectives, build trust, bust barriers, work their networks, manage conflict and, when their best-laid plans go astray, improvise.