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

FYou 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

Thanks from Jazzthink

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