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Collaboration

Posted by Mark Winegar on July 15, 2008




How do groups get anything done? Through collaboration!

Microsoft, Chrysler, Fannie Mae, and many other icons of business are experiencing failure while loosely knit groups such as WikiPedia are thriving. Why? Clay Shirky gives a compelling explanation in Institutions vs Collaboration at the TED conference.

I recommend this podcast for anyone interested in leadership or organizational theory.

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