Collaboration, in its most basic form, is the collective process of creation, problem-solving, and achieving a common goal. But how we collaborate—both physically and virtually—varies greatly. Over the course of a year, Herman Miller’s Insight and Exploration team observed various workplaces to analyze how people collaborate and the ways in which their interactions vary over the course of a day, and throughout the life of a project. By differentiating the subtleties of how, when, where, and why people connect.

No matter what kind of work you do, or if you do it alone or together, this is how work gets done. In every workplace around the world you’ll find people engaged in the following 10 activities.

I would say a very thoughtful research done by Hermanmiller on Collaboration.

Chat

Converse

Co-Create

Divide & Conquer

Huddle

Warm Up, Cool Down

Show & Tell

Process & Respond

Create

Contemplate