<b><i>At the Intersection:</i></b> 'Get a GRIP' on Collaboration

Last month, we reviewed Google's Project Aristotle, an intensive research project that identified factors that create excellent collaboration in teams (see http://bit.ly/2cHcpEx). While Google's People Analytics Division was able to spotlight some prerequisites for a climate of collaboration (“psychological safety,” empathy and “equality in terms of conversational turn-taking”), it did not define practical action steps for implementing effective collaboration once these prerequisites are present. So all across the landscape of the legal profession, frustrated leaders' voices continue to cry out, “All right, already. I get it. But what exactly do I do?”