Compare how you see your side of the dice (zoom in) to how others see it (zoom out). Now define and prepare to share your side (what the scope is, what the limits are, what it is, what it is not).
Define what is important from both up close and from a distance. Ask why? Check with those in your team to see if they share this perspective, as well as taking theirs on board.
Ask the person in your team furthest from your side of the dice if their situation is comprehensive and seen in the same way, as the most remote team member can be tempted to overlook the closer perspective. Check before decisions are made that affect the team.
Listen to others in your team, rephrase it in your own language. Do you interpret it in a similar way? Can you fit your observation into the other's context? Make smart decisions on how to collaborate.
You can take an individual perspective and assume your side alone is right or... You can assume that others see things differently and common ground can only be found by exploring these differences. Let’s look around the dice thorough the perspective of everyone involved.
Define what you believe in and what brought you here to others (education, background, experience, values ). What do you believe is the solution? Share it with other people looking at the dice.
Think about cooperation between different teams working on the same project , coordinating and influencing each other in every direction. Let’s look around the dice at the teams.
Check that your team sees the others’ scope and vice versa. Devise a common plan to create synergy and clarification regarding limits of everyone’s assignment .
Think of the 3 dimensions of Project Development:
1. Project Management – doing the projects the right way
2. Program Management – doing the projects in a coordinated way
3 Portfolio Management – doing the right projects