Collaboration & co-creation are not the same thing. Collaboration means working with others - who often have their own goals & agendas. These goals have to be matched & if they're not, one person’s gain can be another person’s loss. Co-creation is about jointly creating something new with input from everyone involved. If we want to do things differently in future, collaboration isn't enough. People need to be near the creation process (co-creation) to work in creative ways. Research from Google shows that to co-create we need to: - have a shared vision - think in questions instead of problems & solutions, - work in ways that level the playing field so the loudest voices don’t get the most attention, - create psychological safety for people to open up - offer good guidance/coaching to facilitate the process in a way that manifests the values of co-creation - make stuff & not just talk: medium.com/product-owner-not…. By @dhambeukers.

High levels of ‘social capital’ (the value gained when people work well together) create the conditions for high performance in health & care. The evaluation of 5 NHS organisations that undertook whole system transformation showed that social capital is more important than human capital (the skills, knowledge & experience people possess) when it comes to improving performance. Now, research newly published in @HarvardBiz concludes that social capital is at least, or more important, than human capital OR financial capital for high performance in healthcare organisations. If we want to improve performance & productivity, we need to get serious about: - understanding social capital (relational co-ordination & social network analysis) - providing the time, space, focus & leadership support for relationships & connections - building it into our improvement routines & nurturing & measuring its growth as a key component of our performance strategy. hbr.org/2024/08/the-stronges…. Article via @ThomasHLeeMD. Material for graphic from @DrNicolaBurgess