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The Role of Empathy and Experimentation in Collaboration

20 QUESTIONS FOR MORE AUTHENTIC AND SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION

1. Why are we here? What is the opportunity?

2. What are the vision and the intended outcomes?

3. Why was my organization asked to be here?

4. How have our separate organizations addressed this issue in the past?

5. What work have we done together in the past?

6. How was I selected to represent my organization?

7. What are you looking for each person to provide?

8. How much time do you estimate my organization and I will have to dedicate to this project?

9. What are the financial resources for this project? What are the total dollar amounts?

10. How will money be distributed from this grant and how will this be divided among the partners?

11. How will my organization be recognized for our contributions to the program?

12. Will my organization be able to present our own individual data and experience to the funder

directly?

13. How will my agency provide feedback about the success of the collaboration and the functionality

of our partnership?

14. Outside of this project, what are the key priority areas that your agency is focused on?

15. What are some of the most significant challenges and opportunities that you are tackling currently

as an organization?

16. What are some elements about this collaboration that make you the most nervous or of which you

are the most concerned about impacting the success?

17. What have you experienced in the past with other agencies that has generated successful

collaborative work?

18. What have you experienced in the past that did not work well for collaboration and led to

disappointing results?

19. What must be true for this to be a successful collaboration? In other words, what assumptions

might we be making about our work together that could make or break our ability to reach our

vision of success?

20. What are some ground rules that are really important to your organization and us working

together?

Questions? Heather Hiscox, Heather@PauseForChange.com, 520-465-6155