During the fall 2015 semester, four students came together to take a degree-required course in the Executive Master's in Technology Management program. To their great surprise, they would not be allowed to work with the partners of their choice but among three strangers. This condition led students to implement intuitive collaborative practices in which a sense of community developed to achieve their individual and collective goals. The group was formed by three students of Indian descent and the author of this story who embraces a Costa Rican heritage. Even when cultural diversity may have constituted an obstacle to cooperation, this factor was of less importance; the main driver of differences was problem-solving preferences, in combination with the first agreement reached as a team: all decisions would be unanimous and democratic. The pioneers were: The Giver - author of this article, The Guardian, The Caregiver and The Idealist. Such nomenclature is derived from their results on the MBTI personality test (Thomas & Heaphy, 1998) and is used throughout the writing for purposes of anonymity. For a better understanding of the member's conflict approach preference, each participant was represented according to the Thomas Kilmann model. This model characterizes an individual under an axis of self-affirmation and cooperation. According to the theory, depending on whether the combination of these values ​​is high, intermediate, or low, the expected response to conflict may result in an affinity for the following behaviors: competing, accommodating, avoiding, compromising, or collaborating (Corkindale, 2007). The result of the exercise detailed successive behavioral trends: the Giver and the Idealist were both collaborators, the C...... middle of article ......from the Harvard Business blogs Review: http://blogs. hbr.org/2007/11/how-to-manage-conflict/Goleman & Boyatzis. (2008, September). Social intelligence and the biology of leadership. Harvard Business Review, 86(9), 74-81. Gratton and Erickson. (2007, November). Eight ways to build collaborative teams. Harvard Business Review, 85(11), 100-109. Merriam Webster. (2013, November). http://www.merriam-webster.com/. Retrieved from Merriam Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/Mohan, S., Loría, R., Patadia, N. and Mirza, N. (2013). Trailblazers team contract. New York, New York, United States. Pisano, GP and Verganti, R. (December 2008). What type of collaboration suits you best? Harvard Business Review, 86(12), 78-86. Thomas, D.A. and Heaphy, E. (1998). Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN). Harvard Business School Teaching Note, 498-069.