1. CHAPTER 4 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1) In your opinion, what are the advantages/disadvantages of group decision making? 2) What are the 3 Drucker questions about collaboration & orchestration? Explain what each means. 3) How did Myelin Repair Foundation answer these 3 questions? 4) How is Dell a "pioneer of collaboration?" 5) What makes collaboration tick day to day & move in step with shortened windows of opportunity?

2. BRAINSTORMING -A CREATIVE PROCESS IN WHICH A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE INTERACT WITH VERY LITTLE STRUCTURE WITH THE GOAL OF PRODUCING A LARGE QUANTITY OF IMAGINATIVE IDEAS. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO BRAINSTORMING GROUPS: 1) KEEP GROUPS SMALL -2 PIZZA RULE 2) KEEP GROUPS DIVERSE -DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS = DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES 3) EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM IS EQUAL -COMPANY RANK IS IRRELEVANT 4) LIMIT THE TIME OF THE SESSION -NO MORE THAN 60 MINUTES

3. 4 RULES TO BRAINSTORMING 1) CRITICISM IS PROHIBITED -HOLD OFF JUDGEMENT UNTIL ALL IDEAS HAVE BEEN GENERATED. 2) FREEWHEELING IS WELCOME -EASIER TO TAME DOWN IDEAS THAN THINK UP. 3) QUANTITY IS WANTED -THE GREATER THE # OF IDEAS THE GREATER THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN OUTSTANDING SOLUTION. 4) COMBINATION & IMPROVEMENT ARE SOUGHT -SUGGEST HOW IDEAS CAN BE IMPROVED OR MULTIPLE IDEAS CAN BE COMBINED.

4. 1) WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF GROUP DECISION MAKING?

7. GOAL: TO CURE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS). SOLUTION: ABANDON OLD MODEL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, LABS, & PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY FROM OPERATING AS SEPARATE ENTITIES & INSTEAD WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD ON EACH OTHER’S TALENTS. WHAT WAS MYELIN REPAIR FOUNDATION’S COLLABORATION MODEL?