Collaboration

My mixed background in engineering and service design has triggered my interest in collaboration across fields of expertise and between stakeholders.

 

Effective teamwork and collaboration (2010)

Educational film | over 600k views & 1k likes

Despite the low quality of the film, it continues being used as an educational resource in both professional training and higher education, and in a wide range of studies - from business and management to engineering design.

Related publications and presentations

Sept 2010, Design Debate, Glasgow School of Art,
film projection + Q&A

June 2013, The future of transdisciplinary design, University of Luxembourg
paper & presentation

Fernandez Orviz, A. (2013) Ineffective Multi-disiciplinary Collaborations. In: Blessing L., Qureshi, A.J. & Gericke, K. eds. Proceedings from The Future of Transdisciplinary Design , Springer, pp. 28-39.

Downloads

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Fernandez-Orviz, A. 2010, Effective Team Work & Collaboration. video, YouTube

 
 

How to become a good collaborator?

I believe that the skills that make a good collaborator can be practiced, and I work to find ways to improve collaboration by taking a deep look at interpersonal barriers. I am interested in the psychological, emotional, and physiological factors that play a role in collaboration. and I explore strategies for individual and collective conflict resolution and exercises to increase our self-awareness, effective communication, and cognitive flexibility.