Culture exists in any organization, whether created through careful design and implementation, or through natural development as a company grows.
What exactly is “corporate culture”?
Tags: Cisco, collaboration, company success, corporate culture, culture, E.H. Schein, economic performance, IBSG, inclusion, James L. Heskett, John Paul Kotter
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Collaboration is great. But it’s not a Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, if-you-build-it-they-will-come Field of Dreams scenario. Alas, if all it took was plowing under a corn field and putting down some chalk stripes, I might be out of a job. And out of corn flakes.
We talk a lot about technology and process, but sometimes omit the human aspect. All the technology in the world won’t do much without people using it — unless you’re watching the Terminator machines attempt their takeover. And then there’s always HAL 9000. But those guys are a lot more interested in domination than collaboration anyway.
An organization’s culture is a critical component to successful collaboration. Make all the technology announcements and managerial pronouncements you want – you need an environment that supports collaboration. Read More »
Tags: business collaboration, Cisco Culture, Cisco Jabber, Cisco Quad, collaboration, corporate culture, leadership, people-centric, The Collaboration Imperative
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Sometimes we forget that collaboration isn’t just something people do at work. In fact, it’s not unique to people at all. And some of the best collaborators out there in the world just ain’t people.
Bees, for instance. They don’t have fancy hardware, software, networks, and mobile devices, yet they’re amazing collaborators. I take that back, they do have networks – just not the kind with Cisco routers and switches behind them.
People are studying bees to figure out how you and I can improve our collaboration. By its own definition, The Biomimicry Institute “promotes learning from and then emulating natural forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more sustainable and healthier human technologies and designs.” A pretty neat idea if you ask me. Read More »
Tags: Cisco Culture, collaboration, corporate culture, environment, people-centric, social responsibility
