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Collaboration Between the CMO and CIO: A Love Story

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Collaboration exists in many forms. As a tool that manifests organically out of human interaction, it’s subject to the push-pull of partnerships and the dangers of imbalanced approach. That’s especially true in business, when two or more department heads fail to communicate their expectations of each other, but still use them as measures for success.…

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Business Collaboration Requires Getting UNcomfortable

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While being on a team of similar people is comfortable in a predictably easy-going way, without diverse skill sets, work styles and opinions, it’s impossible to execute well-balanced projects. Innovation requires a bit of conflict, a bit of back and forth. In other words: if business collaboration doesn’t make you at least slightly uncomfortable, chances…

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Collaboration and Personal Interaction: Virtual vs. Veracity

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“No matter how many shiny tools we have, we can’t get things done without other people.” So says Harbrinder Kang, Senior Director of Corporate Affairs at Cisco. It’s an excellent point; collaboration is defined by personal interaction, and despite technology’s ever-expanding advances, nothing can fully replace or perfectly replicate in-person conversations. But is face-to-face collaboration…

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5 Ways Collaboration Saves Time and Money

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Ask any C-level manager what their top three business priorities are, and there’s little doubt you’ll hear something like: increasing enterprise growth, delivering results, and reducing costs. It’s that third prerogative that echoes the loudest throughout most organizations, and with an impact that spans from initiatives to output. But with most companies driving teamwork like…

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How Certification Will Drive Mobile Collaboration

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There’s something about collaboration that makes people nervous. Sharing ideas and responsibilities opens businesses up to vulnerability and potential security issues, and the BYOD surge means the majority of partnerships are utterly dependent on mobility. But as the industry grows up and moves towards open collaboration practices, this kind of transparency is vital. Can certification…

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Business Collaboration Finally Grows Up in 2013

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After compiling decades of research, MIT Professor Tom Allen found that, despite the seemingly booming popularity of business collaboration platforms, people are not likely to collaborate very often if they are more than 50 feet apart. Kind of a bummer, considering the number of people who work remotely these days. But Allen’s number might not…

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How Collaboration and Open Innovation Builds Businesses and Industries

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Internal business strategies, collaboration techniques, and innovative approaches typically fall under the umbrella of all-things-confidential — after all, that’s why they’re internal. But the internet has made the quick and widespread dissemination of information accessible to pretty much anyone, and since it’s not so easy to plug up digital leakage, today’s companies have to learn…

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