The Collaborative Organization: A Strategic Guide to Solving Your Internal Business Challenges Using Emerging Social and Collaborative Tools

Solve problems, seize opportunities, and ignite innovation with a powerful collaborative technology business strategy "In today's global economy collaboration is key to building a connected, engaged, and sustainable organization. Jacob's book guides leaders on how to develop strategies to build this type of a 'Collaborative Organization. vivek kundra, former chief information officer of the united states of america Everyone knows that the future of work is engaged employees who collaborate to get things done but struggle to figure out how to get there. Jacobs book is a valuable strategic guide to help leaders deploy emerging collaboration technologies and strategies to get there. jonathan becher, cmo of sap ManpowerGroup recognizes that in the Human Age, it is people that power the world of work and people are capable of much more when they collaborate to achieve their goals. Leaders looking to build this type of a Collaborative Organization should read this book." denis edwards, senior vice president, global chief information officer, manpowergroup "A valuable strategic guide for organizations looking to tap the power of new social and collaborativetools to create more connected, engaged, and successful organizations." Ed Coleman, Chairman and CEO, Unisys Corporation "This book gets to the very real issues that companies of all sizes, in all industries, continue toface. Social and collaborative tools are certainly part of the picture, but Morgan goes beyond this to look at true enterprisewide collaboration that is inextricably tied to business strategy." karen quintos, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, dell "The rise of social and collaborative technologies is driving a new type of business conversation. Morgan provides valuable insights on how companies can evaluate today's options and implement successful strategies and solutions to seize this opportunity." paul segre, president and ceo, genesys, and former evp, alcatel-lucent "Most business leaders understand how critical collaborative tools are to the success of theircompanies. What they need now is a guide based on hard data and practical experiences that shows how to put those tools to work. Morgan fills that need with this book." erik brynjolfsson, coauthor, Race Against the Machine and wired for innovation, and Chair of the MIT Sloan Management Review The value of collaboration is intuitive: we accomplish more, faster, better when we work as a team and play well with others. But collaboration at the scale and pace of modern enterprise isnt simple, easy, or straightforward: harnessing the power of organizational collaboration requires the right mix of art and science, and an expert coach would sure be helpful. The Collaborative Organization provides a plan, real-wo...