Collaboration begins with purpose. Without purpose, there is no reason to collaborate.
In many organizations, collaboration, or lack thereof, is a frequent topic of conversation.
“How can we be more collaborative?”
A good question, but it is missing a key element – Purpose!
There are more purposeful ways to phrase the question above, such as:
How can we connect people with questions with those that have the answer?
How can we help new employees on-board by connecting them with peers?
How can we make it easy to share, discover, categorize, and rank ideas?
How can we connect people that have common business goals with each other?
How can we create an environment for sharing and leveraging success stories?
How can we foster dialogue between our C-levels and high performing managers?
Those questions are all about collaboration, and they are purposeful in nature.
I believe that to get the answer you are seeking, you must ask the right question. This holds true when it comes to cracking the code to collaboration at organizations large and small. It all starts with asking the right questions and being specific about your purpose. Get that right from the beginning, and success is more likely to be the end result.
