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Building collaborative capability - the ICW 'travelator'

To help organisations think about the series of steps required to adopt, develop and embed structured collaboration, the ICW has conceived the 'Travelator'.

It's a simple concept that visually represents the journey an organisation can take towards their optimum approach, selecting what works for them, in the context of their business needs and relationships. There are five steps:

Step 1: 'Why' and 'How to' Collaborate - the starting point when deciding your way forward. What is your motivation to collaborate and your initial approach?

Step 2: Adopting Collaborative Principles - access the 12 international principles (ISO 44000), to help build your collaboration and relationship strategies.

Step 3: Embedding Good Practice - broadening and deepening your approach, to be more relevant to your wider business community and stakeholders.

Step 4: Sustaining a Structured Approach - if appropriate adopt a more comprehensive and systemised approach, perhaps using the international standard (ISO 44001).

Step 5: Leading Edge - building on your structure to increase and continually improve and innovate, alongside adopting future concepts ad developing a leading capability.

Whilst some organisations might benefit from a highly systemised approach (such as larger organisations operating across complex projects), others might elect a simpler structure, using an approach supported by good practice and the key principles of collaboration (probably smaller organisations that want to their demonstrate commitment and capability with a more simplified structure).
The Travelator recognises the ability to 'step on, step off' to developing capability, in that organisations can tailor their approach to match their business need. Not all organisations start at the beginning, as some capability exists or is already embedded, and not all steps are deemed essential. What is important though is that for most organisations it is a continual journey, rather than a destination, because raising capability never stops in a dynamic and evolving business environment, with new demands and challenges ever present or emerging.
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