A Comprehensive Approach to Collaboration
Collaborative Co-Creation
by Michael Kaufman
Every organization in the world faces the problem of keeping pace with the rate of change in the external environment. This external environment can be exemplified by what we see in the business environment today: rapid change, increasing competition, shrinking cycle times, and more demand for innovation than ever before. This demand puts pressure on an organization to find ways of working that produce business value in shorter time periods than they are traditionally used to.
Enabling humans to collaborate more effectively has the potential to unleash significant amounts of creativity and innovation within an organization. Unleashing this energy can improve the productivity of individuals and groups, can help organizations achieve their goals, and can improve the overall satisfaction of everyone involved.
Contents
- A system for getting work done
- Why have a meeting?
- Designing Collaborative Work
- Collaborative Environments
- Collaborative Technologies
- Collaborative Processes
- Facilitation
- Bringing in outside knowledge
- Collaboration as intervention or strategic asset?
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