Is it too late to add another New Year’s resolution? I reckon it’s not. So my pledge is to increase the rate of collaboration. It will definitely pay off in the long run, even though it can be a bit demanding in the short term. For those who […]
Has collaboration gone mainstream in 2015? I am inclined to say ‘yes’ despite my feeling to the contrary. This year I have noticed a marked increase in both discussion about the practice and what it means for business, government, universities, the community sector, and individuals, I have also […]
My late father used to say ‘you have to eat a kilo of salt with someone before you get to really know them’; meaning, it takes a very long time. In business, nobody gets that luxury thus the perennial challenge: how can you tell if collaboration with another […]
A searing issue right now is employee engagement. Businesses of all sizes are affected and, in the post GFC era, business competitiveness simply does not make sense unless the issue of overwhelming disengagement on the part of employees is tackled head-on. Engagement of staff has a lot to […]
Several months ago I wrote about a new model of collaboration which I developed as a strategy to help a small not for profit organisation move towards an independent stream of revenue. Independent of limited government funding that is. This model is best described as the ‘enterprising collaborative’ […]
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