SMARTer Collaboration Discover the Jazz Musician Within Brian Fraser & the Jazzthink Trio Provincial Roundtable Divisions of Family Practice May 31, 2012

The Jazzthink Trio Cory Weeds Bill Weeds Doug Stephenson

Divisions of Family Practice Community-based groups of family physicians working together to achieve common health care goals

Our Invitation Imagine how you can improve your conversations to improve your collaboration

Blyth on Conversation More than words, conversation is music: Its harmony, rhythm, and flow transcend communication, flexing mind and heart, tuning us for companionship.

Integrated Wisdom Brain Heart Gut Respect your different sources of wisdom and integrate them into collaboration

Discovering Your Wisdom What qualities of great collaboration do you see and hear in the performance of the jazz group?

Frequently Noted Qualities

How Do You Collaborate? Desire improvement Welcome allies Discern common values Explore possibilities Choose wise actions Support implementation = COLLABORATE

Richard Hackman on Collaboration Know who is involved Develop a compelling direction Create supportive structures / processes Get coaching help for both leaders and the group when needed “The best teams are like jazz players, improvising constantly as they go along.”

Patrick Lencioni on Collaboration Trust each other Engage in unfiltered conflict around ideas Commit to decisions and plans of action Hold one another accountable for delivering against those plans Focus on achieving collective results

Monty Alexander on Collaboration Collaboration, at its best, is a situation in which participants willingly support each other, working together as one, each person bringing: virtuosity optimism mutual respect good will the desire to make it feel good.

The Basic Tool of Collaboration F You collaborate with each other by having conversations…

The Focus of Collaboration F … about hopes, possibilities, improvements, & benefits

See yourselves as jazz musicians You collaborate through conversations and you are all jazz musicians.

Managing Yourself in Collaboration What enables these musicians to collaborate?

SMARTer Conversations Soulful - being encouraging with yourself Mindful being engaging with others Astute - being wise and decisive Responsible being supportive and accountable Trusting – being meticulous about results

SMARTer Collaboration Soulful in managing yourself Mindful in cultivating positive relationships Astute in analyzing and deciding Responsible in generating mutual accountability and support Trusting in monitoring and measuring for improvement

Get SMARTer Greater detail on the nature and dynamics of SMARTer conversations

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