Dan Pontefract

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I've been thinking...

Collaborate: working together across teams. Cooperate: working together toward a common goal. Coordinate: working together in an organized way.

Put differently...

Collaborate: we're working together. Cooperate: we're working together and agree on the intended outcome. Coordinate: we're working together and agree on the intended outcome, operating within a defined structure.

Put differently again...

Collaborating is key. Cooperating is vital. Coordinating is critical.

Put differently in conclusion...

Collaborating is step one. (Good) Cooperating is step two. (Great) Coordinating is step three. (Awesome)

Postscript...

A thriving corporate culture is often defined by how well we simultaneously collaborate, cooperate and coordinate. All three steps are necessary. Failure in any step is a failure to put your organization's priorities first.

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Testimonials

Dan is a conference organizer’s ideal speaker. Not only did he inspire and energize our group, but he also masterfully adapted his content so it resonated with the audience and our conference theme. As a bonus, Dan is able to nimbly navigate to adjust to a reduced time slot when other speakers went over time without sacrificing the impact of his session.

Director and General Counsel
Dan accomplished what we set out to do, which was not only to be inspirational, but also to leave everyone with tools and food for thought / self-reflection to improve their personal and professional lives.

Hermann Handa, FCT
Dan challenged us to have clarity of purpose, both as individuals and as an organization. He related inspiring stories drawing on his experience in business, technology and academia. As he said, ‘There is no ownership without belonging.’

Christian Pantel, D2L
Dan Pontefract suggests leaders must be transformational and transactional, collaborative and considerate, daring and decisive, inclusive and insistent, playful and formal, harmonious, and humble, encouraging and results-driven. In a word, Flat.

Robert Morris
“How to strengthen engagement, empowerment, and execution, then leverage them for a decisive competitive advantage”

Musings On Collaboration, Cooperation and Coordination