Quotes About Collaboration

The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Nazism was their failure to unite against it.

Comrades, let me remind us again that our union cannot be stronger than we make it; and a weak union serves no useful purpose.A weak union is a terrible disaster!

Behind an able man there are always other able men.

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

What they realized was that they didn't need their colleagues to understand something, they needed them to feel something.

Seeking out one more option. Finding someone else who's solved our problem. Asking, "What would have to be true for you to be right?" Ooching as a way to dampen politics. Making big decisions based on core priorities. Running premortems and preparades. Laying down tripwires. Using these techniques will improve the results of your group decisions.

Compromise is like the old joke, "A camel is a horse made by a committee.

Best of all, bright spots solve the "Not Invented Here" problem.

Research tells us that brainstorming becomes more productive when it's focused. As jazz great Charles Mingus famously said, "You can't improvise on nothing, man; you've gotta improvise on something.

If you want to change the culture of your organization, you've got to get the reformers together. They need a free space.

Partnership elasticity stretches the relationship so it can breathe, grow, and expand.

The opportunity to co-create is a gift you give your customer as a way to summon their imagination.

A partnership is the paramount confederation for creating and nurturing innovation.

Co-creation partnerships that prosper reject selfishness; they are all about "How can I serve you?

Let your co-creation partnership run free in the wild meadow of originality; it will be fenced in the stable of practicality soon enough.

Invite your customer to take risks in the pursuit of inspired innovation, and be your customer's net when they step onto that high wire.

Innovation dances to the sweet sound of a banjo. Banjo behavior makes people want to jump up and join in.

Co-creation partnerships are free-idea zones because they are neighborhoods of acceptance and goodness.

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Never underestimate the power of a million amateurs with keys to the factory.

The past ten years have been about discovering new ways to create, invent, and work together on the Web. The next ten years will be about applying those lessons to the real world.

Every field of knowledge is different, but they are all connected. And they often rhyme. This means that something in the way you describe your process may give me a crucial insight or catalyze a new thought in me. This is how ideas form when we spark off each other.

Surround yourself with talent and be merciless.

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.