Quotes About Collaboration

When the best leader leads, the people say "We did it ourselves." —Lao-tzu

sort of worked, our arrangement. Before I couldna seen the sense in it. But two of us getting meat and wood, two of us keeping a look out, it was more efficient that one bloke faffing about on his own. And it wasn't we had anything in common exactly but we was another human to talk to.

You served too long under Lord Vader, Captain. I Have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own. My position and ego are not at stake here.

Alliances are useful in some situations. In others, they are absolutely vital. But

No man is wise enough by himself.

We take the view that truly connected educators connect in a wide variety of ways, never losing sight of the fact that no amount of online connectivity can replace connecting face to face.

thing, most deadly of all to those who hold it in their earthly hands. For yourself, you must decide. What sort of leader do you wish to be, and with what other leaders

The U.S. military must be able to project massive, shattering force quickly from many directions—land, sea, air, and space—which means, among other things, that service parochialism is an expensive and dated luxury. The new military mantra is "jointness"—all the services must be able to work together as well and as comfortably as with members of their own organizations.

supported by Dr. Paul Bellow—Temple University, Philadelphia

If your CEO has enough good ideas to fuel the company's growth objectives in perpetuity, maybe you don't need to tap into the reservoir of talent at other levels of the organization. But the most innovative companies in the twenty-first century have transitioned from command-and-control organizations to a participatory approach that involves collaboration and teamwork.

InnoCentive.

if team members believe that every idea gets fair consideration, and that a meritocracy allows their proposals to be judged across divisional and hierarchical lines, they tend to put all of their energy and their creative talents to work on ideas and proposals for change. They work harder, persist longer, and maintain their urgent optimism when they believe victory is just around the corner.

being creative doesn't have to mean starting from scratch or being the sole originator—it's about adding what you can, about making a creative contribution.

If you have only a few ideas in your idea bank, you're more likely to settle on one of the few you have and defend it fiercely, even if it's not optimal. But when ideas are plentiful and easy—if you (or your team) have a dozen a day—then there's no need to become territorial about them.

church is not a theater where some people perform and the rest become spectators or critics. Church is not the place where we perform.

In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers. — Grace Hopper

We don't need any more writers as solitary heroes. We need a heroic writer's movement: assertive, militant, pugnacious.

I want to do good work. I want to be involved in other people's doing good work.

Solitude, competitiveness and grief are the unavoidable lot of a writer only when there is no organization or network to which he can turn.

an orchestra is unified not because all the instruments are the same, but because the different instruments are playing the same song. They are using their unique sounds to create beautiful harmonic textures.

as we clashed together and commenced our collaboration on another chapter of the famous, familiar and amusing saga of human relations—choosing heat instead of grace, possession over possibility—trading the kingdom of heaven one more time for two arms full of beautiful, confusing earth.

One striking consequence of the disintegration of the public sector has been an increased difficulty in comprehending what we have in common with others.

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.

They were nothing more than people, by themselves. Even paired, any pairing, they would have been nothing more than people by themselves. But all together, they have become the heart and muscles and mind of something perilous and new, something strange and growing and great. Together, all together, they are the instruments of change.