Collaboration is Sharing to Spark Innovation
There is one supreme concept that successful companies have employed throughout history to ensure the success of the enterprise and that idea is collaboration. Business has entered into an extraordinary era. The ease at which information can be exchanged is unprecedented. Team members working on a project on behalf of their company can be stationed anywhere in the world and with the use of any number of excellent information sharing platforms can contribute to the conversation and do work for the project directly, in a way that was impossible just a few years ago. The opportunity is in encouraging team members to talk, discuss ideas, place problems in front of the group, watch the group offer solutions …show more content…
In fact, this becomes the mission statement of company executives. The fact is, there is nothing more important to leadership and organizational success than collaboration. It exponentially increases the odds of amazing things happening, but it can be tough to achieve. If there are two companies in the market place with very similar products, same high quality, same speed of deliver and same customer service, than the company that is more collaborative within the company and outside of the company, with key suppliers an business partners, will be the company that ultimately will win the dominate share in the marketplace. It is always helpful to have plan as to how these concepts can take root in your company. So here are a few …show more content…
Its critical because the last thing the team needs is a naysayer shooting down ideas that aren't his own. There must be mutual respect, a sense of acceptance and a general feeling that everyone on the team is focused on producing something useful. In part, how you achieve this, is expecting people to say what they actually think about an idea or approach to a problem or even how someone on the team talks to another team member. That kind of candid communication signals to the team your more interested in delivering great innovative solutions than you are tolerating rudeness or behaviors that undermines the cohesion of the
There is one supreme concept that successful companies have employed throughout history to ensure the success of the enterprise and that idea is collaboration. Business has entered into an extraordinary era. The ease at which information can be exchanged is unprecedented. Team members working on a project on behalf of their company can be stationed anywhere in the world and with the use of any number of excellent information sharing platforms can contribute to the conversation and do work for the project directly, in a way that was impossible just a few years ago. The opportunity is in encouraging team members to talk, discuss ideas, place problems in front of the group, watch the group offer solutions …show more content…
In fact, this becomes the mission statement of company executives. The fact is, there is nothing more important to leadership and organizational success than collaboration. It exponentially increases the odds of amazing things happening, but it can be tough to achieve. If there are two companies in the market place with very similar products, same high quality, same speed of deliver and same customer service, than the company that is more collaborative within the company and outside of the company, with key suppliers an business partners, will be the company that ultimately will win the dominate share in the marketplace. It is always helpful to have plan as to how these concepts can take root in your company. So here are a few …show more content…
Its critical because the last thing the team needs is a naysayer shooting down ideas that aren't his own. There must be mutual respect, a sense of acceptance and a general feeling that everyone on the team is focused on producing something useful. In part, how you achieve this, is expecting people to say what they actually think about an idea or approach to a problem or even how someone on the team talks to another team member. That kind of candid communication signals to the team your more interested in delivering great innovative solutions than you are tolerating rudeness or behaviors that undermines the cohesion of the