Collaborative: Everyone is unhappy

Congratulations! You’re building a collaborative! Your mission is simple: work with a group of passionate, thoughtful people to solve a problem no single organisation can solve alone. Difficulty level: Impossible Estimated completion time: Unknown Power: Collective Optimism Level 1: Synchronise calendars Your first quest seems straightforward: Find one hour when everyone is free. Bonus Challenge: Manage global participants. “Did you mean EST or IST?”, “Your morning or mine?” After 9.5 attempts you have 38 emails, 4 doodle polls, 11 calendar conflicts, and 1 meeting. Level 2: Name your alliance Error: You cannot proceed to the next quest until you have a name. Choose one: Collaborative, Coalition, Consortium, Network, Platform, Alliance, Ecosystem. Any choice triggers a 2 week discussion delay. Level 3: The Shared Google Doc Quest: To agree on a two-page concept note. Current status: Version 34.2_FINAL_v5_REALFINAL.docx Defeat condition: Nobody is entirely happy Victory condition: Nobody is entirely happy Level 4: Taking Ownership Quest: To assign responsibilities. The player who volunteers immediately unlocks new abilities: the meeting scheduler, the note