Today we re-watched a video about a group of IDEO members who had to completely re-design a shopping cart in just five days. In the video, there were several great examples of good collaboration skills. I think our class can begin to develop better collaborative skills by learning from this video.
One of the most important things our class has to work on is to encourage wild ideas. As a class, we're usually very quiet during group discussions, and that's not a good thing. I think the reason why we don't like to share our ideas is because we're afraid they might be criticized or we think the answer's not "right." We should fix this and encourage everyone's ideas, no matter what they are, and never be shy when expressing our thoughts. We should learn to build on each others' ideas as well, so more & more innovative can be made.
Also, our class should also accept others' ideas and not criticize them. Everyone's idea is unique & different, and should not be made fun of; instead, we can discuss alternatives to the idea, or thoughts on how to improve the idea (constructive criticism/feedback and just being harsh are not the same thing!).
--Alice
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