No Matter How You Say It: Collaboration
Collaboration Icons
In Other Languages
Spanish – colaboración
French – collaboration
German – Zusammenarbeit
Italian – collaborazione
Swedish – samarbete
Euskara – lankidetza
Portugese – colaboração
Word Origin
Collaboration from past participle stem of Latin collaborare “work with,” from assimilated form of com “with” + laborare “to work”
Can you see how Collaboration is working together?
Sign Language
Can you see how Collaborate is a joining of efforts and Annoy is divisive?
Collaboration Idioms
- A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- A problem shared is a problem halved
- A rising tide lifts all boats
- All for one and one for all
- All hands on deck
- Be on the same page
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Brainstorm
- Break down silos
- Bring your ‘A’ game
- Build bridges
- Collaborate effectively
- Cross-pollination
- Foster collaboration
- Go the extra mile
- Iron sharpens iron
- Many hands make light work
- Pull your weight
- Put your heads together
- Rowing in the same direction
- Strength in numbers
- Strength in unity
- Synergy
- Team up
- Teamwork makes the dream work
- The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
- There’s no “I” in team
- Think tank
- Two heads are better than one
- United we stand, divided we fall
- We’re all in this together
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going
- Work hand-in-hand