Collaboration isn't just a great experience for the participants. It makes sense. Collaboration creates things that one person could never have thought of alone. It is the new or recombination of concepts and ideas, a new mix of thinking and technique that creates true innovation. Today's exacting customers require fast, flexible, innovative solutions and will settle for nothing less.
Collaboration is a developed skill and requires self-discipline and concentration.
It requires a deep re-organization of our beliefs about what it means to work together. It is the clear ability to yield position, to be open to new ideas and approaches, to allow possibilities to emerge from the group. It is the ability to resist control and live with ambiguity and initial failure. Correctly used in negotiation, it can be the difference between a strong agreement and a stalemate. Collaboration is a finely tuned dance, where everyone involved is committed to a positive result.