CHAPTER SIX - A Limitless approach to Collaboration

  • Which of the ideas Jo mentions – of opening minds, opening content and embracing struggle – seem important to work on?
  • Where is your school - Do people around you have open minds? And encourage the opening of content and the valuing of struggle?
  • How do you see the limitless approach to collaboration applying to your life? How might you try out the strategies of opening minds and embracing uncertainty in your interactions with friends and family?
  • Where do you "glow" and where can you "grow" in your collaborations? 

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