I've been thinking; at what point where two or more people work together towards a shared outcome can that be defined as collaboration?
I recall from a management training course in my distant past that business teams can be said to go through these stages; forming, storming, norming, performing (and finally adjourning). Is this similar to the process of collaboration in some ways?
Do the individuals who are collaborating have to have gone through similar stages together to truly describe their work as collaborative?
And is there a leader in a collaboration?
Could it be possible to have both a collaborative and individual practice?
Hmmm, food for thought. Comments welcomed . . .
