Given enough time, I could probably come up with literally hundreds of reasons why collaboration within and between organisations is a really, really good idea.
But as it’s Friday afternoon I think I’ll keep it brief and start off with just 4.
And then I’ll break each of those 4 down into 4 more.
The top level 4 are really straightforward.
Collaboration helps your business be:
- Bigger
- Better
- Faster
- More Resilient
And breaking each of those down, produces another 16.
You get to be bigger:
- Take on larger projects
- Appear like a larger organisation
- Have a bigger (wider & deeper) offering
- Can add/subtract people as needed
You get to be faster
- Can respond more quickly
- Can add people to make jobs happen faster
- Can bring in knowledge, up to speed instantly
- Collective intelligence/crowdsourcing for problem solving
You get to be better:
- Wider knowledge base
- More experience
- Exactly right team
- More eyes on the ball – pick up errors
You get to be more resilient
- Are not so dependent on particular people
- A bigger sales team
- Always have support available
- Share financial risk