Collaboration is often thought to be the key to organizational success, especially as business becomes increasingly global and cross-functional. From LinkedIn to Forbes and Havard Business Journal, we consistently hear about the importance of collaboration in the digital workplace. Despite this focus on collaboration, it remains an overused-under practiced word. The real challenge is defining exactly what we collaborating about. Does the group, the team, the leaders, the orga

Do you take for granted the underlying complexity involved at the intersection of business processes, systems and tools? Successful implementation of modern integrated IT systems requires that the complexity of both human and technological systems is respected and captured in an integrated design and architecture. Properly designed systems allow organizations to efficiently implement, manage, and optimize their processes, information, and infrastructure to meet their ever cha

Does your organization have a common integrated approach to enhance communication, measure outcomes, manage resources, solve problems, and deliver capabilities? If not, your likely lost in a sea of Power Points, Word Documents, expensive meetings, challenging days, and poor outcomes. To succeed in an increasingly complex and data driven world organizations should take a cue from the past 8,000 years of human history: develop maps to understand your environment and use them to