The sum of us can be more powerful (and fun) than one of us… sometimes. The confounding thing is exactly how we make it happen.
Even when we have a strong desire to collaborate, we are  likely bump up against into each other because, as in love,  good intentions don’t always lead to mutually satisfying behavior. Yet, [...]

A sign of the growing popularity of all kinds of collaboration is the growing number of books on some aspect of the topic.  What are your favorites? Here are some I’ve come across:
Alone Together: Sociable Robots, Digitized Friends, and the Reinvention of Intimacy and Solitude by Sherry Turkle.
The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded [...]

Hear how to accomplish greater things by working well with others – even in this down economy. Get upbeat, news-you-can-use tips from the Me2We-style experts Zane Safrit is interviewing. They include Greater Than Yourself author Steve Farber, The Culture of Collaboration author Evan Rosen, Boomtown USA blogger Jack Schultz, Unveiling the Heart of Business author Mark Silver and, well, me. 

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I started this blog soon after The Age of Engagement morphed into a flood of 

ideas on how “we” can accomplish more together. Here are the books I’ve mentioned and authors I have interviewed. Crowdsourcing (Jeff Howe), Here Comes Everybody Clay  Shirky), groundswell (Charlene

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… consider this.  People rise to power being ruthless and manipulative. That’s a popular view anyway. Yet some studies show, ”that leaders often emerge from communities not because they are ruthless, but because they are skilled at managing social relationships.”
Here’s the paradox that actually seems inevitable. When you gain power, people treat you [...]