Advanced Collaboration Research

Sharing practical ways to engage in the Collaboration Revolution

Why Companies are Not Startups | Steve Blank

Innovation inside of an existing company is much harder than a startup KPI’s and processes are the root cause of corporations’ inability to be agile…
Brandon Klein Mar 11, 2014

Is Collaboration Limited by Organizational Structure?

We have found some easy fixes (employee social streams), and discovered devilishly difficult challenges (aligned and coordinated, but still…
Brandon Klein Mar 11, 2014

Retrieving cooperation | Harold Jarche

At a high level, there appear to be three major root causes for why collaboration — the very core of how people come together and function as a…
Brandon Klein Mar 07, 2014

Beyond Employee Engagement--Why One Intrapreneur Is Worth A Hundred "Engaged" Employees

An employee who is both willing and able to develop and implement innovative solutions, thereby adding surprising value to some or all of the…
Brandon Klein Mar 05, 2014

Microsoft Adds An Intelligent Social Layer With Groups Feature To Office 365 | TechCrunch

“Today, the world has become a giant network where connections make information more relevant and people more productive. Most companies, however,…
Brandon Klein Mar 03, 2014

How Always Being Busy Makes You Dumber | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

What’s at work here is scarcity--perceiving that you don’t having enough of something--and the way it affects our thinking. As Harvard economist…
Brandon Klein Feb 25, 2014

Stages of community development*

This webpage introduces the concept of 'Stages of Community Formation'. Since community building is an essential component of community development…
Brandon Klein Feb 25, 2014

The Pursuit of Attention : Power and Ego in Everyday Life: Power and Ego in ... - Charles Derber Professor of Sociology Boston College - Google Books

As the saying goes, "Enough about me, let's talk about you: what do you think of me?" Hence the pursuit of attention is alive and well. Even the OED…
Brandon Klein Feb 24, 2014

Co, Co, Co, Co, Collaborative Power - break.re

Ever since we really started organising we've had something called management. People, referred to as managers who actively institutionalised…
Brandon Klein Feb 24, 2014

Communities of Practice – What I’ve Learnt | Communities and Collaboration

Command and control will kill a community. Don’t assume everyone knows how to contribute. Let users drive their own experimentation and use of tools.…
Brandon Klein Feb 24, 2014