A key factor is trust and faith. As a group, millennials don’t think twice about making their lives transparent and available over the internet, but for many older adults such an option generates big-time fear. It seems that older generations have always admonished the younger generations for their lack of understanding about what they should be afraid of. Younger generations, on the other hand, have always acted without fear or limitations around one thing or another. It is the youthful willingness to act in the face of fear, however, that has always pushed the edge of what is possible.

What if we looked for the wisdom in this particular situation. Without throwing caution to the wind, what if we entertained sharing more and more data and information openly. What might be possible if all information and knowledge was accessible and able to be categorized and re-categorized in a heart beat? What new discoveries might emerge? What solutions to global issues might be innovated? What new opportunities for abundance around the world might surface? What world view would we have to hold in order to make this safe?

What is it about the relationships in a collaboration that sets them apart? What is the “glue” that holds the whole together in this way? What are the connective structures that support this sense of wholeness? If we can identify this glue, perhaps we can more intentionally shift from high performance teams to generative collaborations.

What is your experience of collaboration such as described above? What were the connective structures that allowed a sense of safety and wholeness to emerge? How would you describe the relationships and what contributed to the dynamics among those collaborating?