The business world is interesting for a whole host of reasons. How businesses approach collaboration as a strategy is one of them. Why some businesses still struggle and remain unsure about collaboration as a business driver, while others enter into 10 year-long collaborations, is a bit of a […]
No matter what kind of work we do we are instinctively concerned with our sense of identity and individuality. Any attempt to create a system where our individuality is threatened is met with firm resistance. To some people, a collaborative way of working is one such threat. Those […]
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, […]
Clients are not what they used to be. While the idea of a client as someone who wants their needs met has not changed over decades or centuries, what has changed is how well clients understand their needs and, more importantly, communicate them. I recall a conversation with […]
The hype surrounding the start-up culture that has gripped western economies over the past decade or so has become a de facto yardstick for any kind of achievement. Essentially, one struggles to find enough people to understand that not all businesses should be built upon the start-up model; […]
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