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Collaboration characteristics

Teaming with others opens the door to pooling collective expertise and experiences, enabling us to more effectively prototype and iterate on innovative practices. Use this list of helpful team member characteristics to reflect on what makes a good team and how to improve collaboration.

Tool

   10 minutes

   By: Principled Innovation® (PI)

   Educator-prep | Leader-prep

Use   Facilitation guide

Making connections:

Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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