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How to thwart collaboration overload by working smarter

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Rob Cross , professor of global leadership at Babson College, cofounder and research director of the Connected Commons business consortium, and author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being. What is dysfunctional collaboration?

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

The topic of the conference was “The Sharing Economy” and as I read many of the session title descriptions I realized that people would be talking more about “collaborative consumption” (think airbnb, taskrabbit, uber) than about why people are sharing more on Instragram & Snapchat. Collaboration.

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The Underwhelmingness of Facebook

This is going to be BIG.

Yet, when I think about its impact on our lives and what it enables people to do, I can''t help but be underwhelmed. Wikipedia is probably the greatest thing humans have ever collaborated to produce online. The numbers of photos uploaded, likes per second, page views, etc are absolutely staggering. What do we actually do on Facebook?

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EO’s framework for sustainability: How EO will become net positive by 2030

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)’s purpose is to help entrepreneurs achieve their full potential by enabling life-enhancing connections, designing shared experiences and providing collaborative learning. Leadership: Enable transformational leadership that can drive sustainable change in the world.

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The Business of Who Makes is Changing

This is going to be BIG.

GrabCAD helps CAD designers collaborate and leverage off of each other''s libraries. It''s also the same bet that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures made with Makr --that enabling more people to be more creative could be revolutionary. Etsy is a marketplace for things you make. Splice is doing similar work in the music space.

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How To Use AI-Assisted Brainstorming To Boost Innovation in Remote Work

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The narrative that traditional, in-person work environments are the sole breeding grounds for innovation and collaborative breakthroughs has dominated the discourse. However, this perspective began to shift dramatically after 2010, thanks to technological advancements that facilitated remote collaboration.

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How to foster serendipitous innovation in hybrid and remote teams

Entrepreneurs' Organization

How can leaders foster the beneficial, accidental collaborations teams once enjoyed in person—for their remote or hybrid teams? To succeed, leaders must adopt a native virtual format to tap into the underlying motivations that facilitate the creativity, spontaneity and collaboration behind serendipitous innovation.