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"It is important to clarify the type of collaboration you are talking about. Although the different types are not black and white, there are fundamental differences. Why is it important to clarify?

It influences the coherence of your whole digital workplace, in particular your entry point strategy.
It will reduce conflict among digital teams and bring understanding of how different pieces fit together to serve the people.
To some extent, it impacts the roles and scopes of members of the digital teams. It partially answers the question of “who is in charge of what”."

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"Executives tell me their teams make decisions all the time. "Bob," a CEO will say, "I know you think that individuals — not groups — make most decisions. But that's not true. My team and I make lots of decisions together."

In fact, they don't. It's an illusion."

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"Most of us have had a boss who preached teamwork. Some bosses even like to put up posters with slogans like there is no "I" in team.

Teamwork is essential to organizational success but too much teamwork can be deadly. This is the point that Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, argues in an essay for the The New York Times. She points out the drawbacks of too much teaming. "Research strongly suggests that people are more creative when they enjoy privacy and freedom from interruption," she writes."

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"To unleash the creative potential of teams, HR leaders must help set a solid foundation, provide insights so team members can successfully cope with differences and coach team leaders on positive ways to approach the collaboration so the team will be high-performing, "

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"I celebrated Euan’s post by reviewing each point through the eyes of a Community of Practice facilitator. Prior to this I touched on one point called "follow the energy", which is what the spirit of social business design or enterprise 2.0 is all about.

A discussion on G+ led to points about control, managing, leadership, and facilitation; which Luis Suarez has kindly summarized."

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"Here's a theme that's been causing a lot of debate amongst my peers of late — is a social intranet the same thing as a social workplace and the same as social collaboration? Can one product or set of features meet the needs of all of these requirements?"

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