Collaboration
Geniuses, Collaboration & Stubbornness
Malcolm Gladwell talks about the importance of stubbornness and collaboration in problem-solving, and how long it takes to master any challenge. He observes, ‘Modern problems require persistence more than genius, and we ought to value quantity over quality when it comes to intelligence… When you’re dealing with something as complex and as difficult as Fermat’s [...]
Wikipedia’s Growth Secrets
Jimmy Wales assembled “a ragtag band of volunteers,” gave them tools for collaborating, and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished encyclopedia of the future. Here, he explains how the collaborative approach works, and why it succeeds. Along the way, he debunks some controversies, explains the “neutral point-of-view policy” and why it is non-debatable; and details [...]
Blogging Means Business
IBM executives Harriet Pearson and Willy Chiu discuss the power of building communities in the marketplace. Tags: Blogging, Business, Collaboration, Collaboration, Harriet Pearson, IBM, Marketplace, Social, Willy Chiu
