Quotes About Collaboration

world is not a zero-sum struggle in which one country's gain is another's loss.

The use of a good process that engages people is much more desirable, even if it does not initially achieve all the results.

management has no more critical role than to motivate and engage large numbers of people to work together toward a common goal. Defining and explaining what the goal is, sharing a path to achieving it, motivating people to take the journey with you, and assisting them by removing obstacles—those are management's reasons for being. We

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say "We have done this ourselves." —Lao-Tsu, founder of Daoism

Exceptional People and Exceptional Processes Must Go Hand in Hand

What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.

Kildall] couldn't imagine being knifed in the back—certainly not by Gates. The two had known each other since Gates was a thirteen-year-old hacker in Seattle and Kildall was getting his doctorate. . . . They discussed merging their young companies . .

Apple is a team sport.

We used to build businesses with all effort and hard work. Today, we create businesses by paying attention to what the market wants and co-creating with those we serve.

McVeigh then drove the 1,300 miles to Arkansas, where he met up with Nichols, and they looked at property they might buy together, perhaps to start a blueberry farm.

like to help people, and I like to get involved, but I don't really want to be the star.

If you work with great people, it will be a great experience. Even if you're shoveling shit.

The mind and the body are way more powerful together than either one is alone.

this book. It takes a village to raise a child, which is precisely what writing a novel is. If I have

I think a good relationship is about collaboration.

She does not exist for herself. She exists for and through her community.

She wanted a true partnership fueled by intellect and creativity, respect and desire.

Their insularity made him envious—not just of the men but all three of them. They were working together, two men and a girl, with evident ease. Even after the diving suit was on and she no longer looked like a girl, he was resentful of their shared knowledge, their nomenclature and expertise.

Sasha tipped back her head to look at him. She made a point of doing this now and then, just to remind Coz that she wasn't an idiot—she knew the question had a right answer. She and Coz were collaborators, writing a story whose end had already been determined: she would get well.

The point isn't to be the hero and solve things; the point of the leader in a complex world is to enable and unleash as many heroes and as many solutions as possible.

It's not magic; it's hard work by vested people who share a vision for God's kingdom in their city. An influential church is nothing more than a bunch of believers who get in the game and live on mission.

By standing there, looking at Michael, the one thing I did know, the way I aways knew things about other people, was that sooner or later, as a part of this program-a part of this team- i was going to find out.

Violet Markey, I'd like to be your partner on this project.

Shooting Willoughby carrying Marianne up the path. They did it four times. 'Faster,' said Ang [Lee]. They do it twice more. 'Don't pant so much,' said Ang. Greg [Wise (playing Willoughby)], to his great credit, didn't scream.