One can never have too much of a good thing. And knowing a good thing when you see it is a good thing in itself. Collaboration with a strategic purpose is a good thing for the willing and those paying attention to the simple fact that businesses are […]
ROADMENDER is pleased to share this recently created infographic produced and supplied by our guest blog contributor Jay Taylor and team from Pearson Education and Villanova University School of Business titled “Creating A Culture of Innovation in Business“. The infographic details why successful companies consider as an integral part […]
A quick survey of works about collaboration indicates that there has been a fivefold increase in published books every decade over the past 25 odd years. The clear conclusion is that collaboration is a topic of increasing significance. The interesting thing is that, as a way of work, […]
Silos are good for storing grain … or guided long-range missiles. They are expensive and valued structures that make sense if your primary concern is food safety or warfare. But when we build them in our workplace, they are nothing more than a major cost to business. There […]
This week’s selection of recommended reading makes a lengthy list. I found each article very interesting. But, if I had to choose the one as a must-read then it would be the ‘Collaboration key to innovation’. It really is a great piece by Professor Ian Jacobs, Vice-Chancellor of […]
It is ok to say ‘no’ to collaboration. (Pop music mega star Adele created a bit of a buzz recently with her refusal to collaborate with another star, Beyonce. Some say it wasn’t true, thus the buzz.) But before we say ‘no’ we should know why, and our […]
Advanced research in the collaboration discipline is still in its infancy. There is still a lot that we do not know. So much about collaboration is still done on a hunch or a guesstimate and, more or less, that is how many well-established disciplines started before becoming fine-tuned […]
