As I get together with my Internet Time Alliance
colleagues here in California, I really appreciate all of the
connecting and conversing we’ve done over the past two years, as our
shared experiences ease the path to further collaboration. Working
collaboratively and effectively is a challenge for all organizations and
must be continuously renegotiated as conditions change. Collaboration
is not the same as cooperation. Collaboration is working together and
achieving a shared objective. Collaboration puts cooperation to the
test, with outcomes, objectives and responsibilities; constrained by
time, resources and priorities.
Here are some collected thoughts on collaboration from others:
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these
apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an
idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us
will have two ideas.” George Bernard Shaw
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Author: Harold Jarche
