Categorised under: Collaboration
Michael Sampson has written about cultural barriers to collaboration, giving a real-life example. To quote:
“Collaboration” will fail at your firm, because of lack of freedom. Eg, you two are hand-slapped for going to talk to other people at head office (talk!). Collaborative activity doesn’t flourish in tightly controlled environments / dictatorships.
Tags: Collaboration, culture
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