Collaborative Intelligence

Collaborative Intelligence helps you enhance your unique thinking traits and develop an individualized form of intelligence based on what works best for you, what your strengths are, and how you communicate with others.

Attention – What is it? Well, it is about who and what you notice and how you choose to regulate that information. You can fix it, train it and shift it, depending on your interests. Perhaps that is why we always hear “make sure who you give your attention to!’’.

The first type of attention is focused attention. As the name suggests, we use it when concentrating on one thing and ignoring everything else. It is a targeted form of thought, quite helpful in achieving a specific goal, but detrimental when we’re sitting at the computer and ignoring everything else around us.

The second type of attention is called sorting. We particularly use it when we are going back and forth considering different variables. Again, we shift our attention from internal to external, categorizing information and digesting it to form a final opinion.

Lastly, we’ve got open attention. When we’re engaged in this type of attention, our focus is diffused, and we can get more creative. We access memories and images in our brains and create new ideas and thoughts.

Although society has taught us that focused attention makes us most productive, Collaborative Intelligence implies a mix between these attention types and knowing when to use each one depending on the situation.

Although it may sound like an overworked phrase, everybody’s unique in their own way. And this is both a cliche and a psychological fact. We all have different mind patterns and triggers. Therefore, we have to learn how to get the best out of them.

Some people find it helpful to walk while thinking, as it helps them be more focused. Some function in perfect silence, taking small breaks and then going back to work. Identify which are the best ways to help you stay focused and understand things in detail.

Then, work on understanding and perfecting it. Once you do, it’ll be much easier to adapt to certain conversations, meetings, and working sessions. And to make the best of them, try asking people which communication tools they find most helpful.

For example, you can try implementing small focus groups and large brainstorming sessions and ask for feedback for each to see how your team performs best. Markova suggests implementing a ‘’moving around’’ routine to engage your team’s creativity and have them work more dynamically by standing up or walking.