Thomas Edison had a unique approach to spark collegiality and connectivity across his enterprise. After his regular workday and dinner with his family, he would return to the lab to check on key experiments.

Thomas Edison had a unique approach to spark collegiality and connectivity across his enterprise. After his regular workday and dinner with his family, he would return to the lab to check on key experiments.

Thomas Edison had a unique approach to spark collegiality and connectivity across his enterprise. After his regular workday and dinner with his family, he would return to the lab to check on key experiments.

Proximity enables familiarity and both facilitate collaboration. A professional firm’s physical and virtual office space is a vital tool for collaboration.

The language we use frames the collaborative culture in our firms.

A doodle is worth a thousand words. After Creative Growth Group‘s recent “Creating Collaborative Advantage” program with SilverEdge and Deltek, one of our attendees, Steve Bell of KeySo Global, said, “I think that the value for me was in the recognition of the breadth and diversity of the multiple component pieces that are required to make collaboration successful.

One of the biggest mistakes is mandating collaboration.

“The most important measure of a collaborative culture is that executive egos in the firm take a backseat to the overall client objective.” Humility trumps ego.

Discover the four phases of collaboration evident in the Menlo Park lab of Thomas Edison. Mind (and Mine) the Four Phases To Accelerate Collaboration For great service deliver, creating compelling client experiences and revving team-based business development.