Communicate, communicate, communicate. When you are trying to keep distributed groups together, you can't communicate too much. As much as you communicate, you haven't done enough. All the great technology in the world cannot hold a candle to the importance of the connections among the people. The complications of getting people to work together remain our biggest challenge.
Boundaries are important.
They are the basis of organizational self-esteem. We need organizations that are very gentle and very powerful at the same time. Let's think about crossing these porous boundaries rather than smashing them. Purpose is what holds networks together. And trust is what make them flow.