The Collaboration Book: 41 Ideas for Working Better Together

by Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler

The truth about work no one can do it alone. Even lone warriors need a team. Even in professions that revolve around individual superstars, collaboration is crucial.

Yet most of us have never learned how to collaborate. How to form a team. How to work with people you don't like. How to motivate yourself and others. How to handle a conflict with grace. How to come to a decision in a group. How to master crises, how to deal with defeat, how to celebrate success (and how to build on it).

Here, the bestselling authors of The Decision Book will help you learn all these things and more by bringing together 41 of the world's best methods for teamwork. From solving problems to achieving your goals to creating the trust necessary to do both, they offer tried-and-tested tools, techniques and advice. Big ideas, distilled to their essence, that will help you find success - no matter the team.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Psychology, Self Help, Leadership

173 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 29, 2024

About the author

Mikael Krogerus is a freelance writer for German and Swiss newspapers and magazines. He was a staff writer with NZZ FOLIO, the supplement magazine of Switzerlands leading newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, for five years. Prior to that he worked as a copywriter for various advertising agencies. He’s a graduate of the Kaospilot School. He’s a Finnish citizen and was brought up in Sweden and Germany.

Reviews

[Haliuka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shortly put, practical.

How should teams be solving problems, achieving the shared goals and creating trust all at once, all together?
Promising chapter titles flashed while flipping through the pages in the book store, so I grabbed it to harvest some new ideas and thoughts. The concepts are simplified and straightforward.
It’s a compressed playbook full of healthy and productive ways of working and thinking in teams - with a zingy twist of Danish humour.
I wanted more from the book but it did reference the sources that provide a more detailed explanation of the chapter’s topic.

[Vishuuuuuuu · Rating 4 out of 5]

I began this series about last man when I met a beautiful young lady who taught me why do u read does reading have a purpose? Since then I bought alot of self help books and started reading. The collaboration book for instance is one of the most simplified books I have ever read with regard to understanding multiple ways and individual can socialize in workplaces. Although I did require to do more research on the topics as they're vaguely explained. Still a solid 4/5 would definitely recommend.

[Nilendu Misra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weakest of 6 books from the duo - still a moderately useful one. Wish the authors stop shoehorning every single concept into 2x2s!

[Lauren Nishi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! A few chapters in, and I was going to Amazon to buy copies for my office! Will return to this one again!