I ask her, “What was your first thought as you were spending weeks and weeks translating the instructional?” Katya quickly responds,She goes on to say that at first she felt there was a naivety about the whole process of each step detailed out and each role. As she dove deeper into the translation, she was a bit bored, and didn’t understand why there were so many details inside of each step.

We both laughed about this. Collab™ certainly does ask a lot from a team and perhaps seems almost utopian!

Then, Katya came across the Facilitator Role card. This was the first perk of what felt useful, especially when reflecting on her experience attending meetings. She explains, “I know people who are highly professional in what they do, they can really work magic, but when it comes to discussing something, they cannot stop talking (from one subject to the next) and are very much into listing out all of the possible details (what if this, what if we need this, what if this doesn’t work). This can be quite timely. I felt a facilitator role would be very useful for saving time and effort and frustration.”

She confesses that she continued to get lost in the details of this large map of Collab™. “Then, I came across Integrative Consent. And felt, it can help people stop this endless discussion.” She goes on, “You either have objections or not. So just get quiet if you don’t have anything. People… They like to share a lot. Me, too, by the way. Integrative Consent gives a pretty good instrument for such situations– a system with steps that are very useable. This and the Facilitator Role card were the most useful for me.”