We divide the global goal of understanding intelligence on projects. They must have clear goals and duration. An ideal project helps to learn, makes progress with the unknown, and helps to ask new questions.
Every project ends, whether the goals have been fulfilled or not. The results should be available in some form of a report (a journal paper, video, whitepaper...).
Working alone on a task makes you grow faster.
Together we can accomplish more than separately. We communicate, ask for help, advice, critique either from members or externally.
We make periodical reports of successes, failures, and plans.
Each should honestly say about the progress and failures. To make clear how much time one can spend on the project. Formulate the expectations. Clarify the goals, tasks, and overall vision. Rise doubts and suspicions.
Individual tasks should be oriented to fulfill the project goal.