Comments on: The Collaboration Paradox: Why So Many Leaders Sabotage Their Own Collaborations—and Some Tactics for Getting Things Right http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/07/07/the-collaboration-paradox-why-so-many-leaders-sabotage-their-own-collaborations-and-some-tactics-for-getting-things-right/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:27:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Graham Douglas http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/07/07/the-collaboration-paradox-why-so-many-leaders-sabotage-their-own-collaborations-and-some-tactics-for-getting-things-right/comment-page-1/#comment-27117 Graham Douglas Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:43:44 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=3207#comment-27117 Thanks for this very helpful article. Clearly we need to change the way we train people to think, plan, organize, govern and act. We need to add training in Integrative Thinking and its derivatives to training in Critical Thinking. This training needs to be based on our recently much-improved scientific understanding of the human mind and our world. Thanks for this very helpful article.

Clearly we need to change the way we train people to think, plan, organize, govern and act. We need to add training in Integrative Thinking and its derivatives to training in Critical Thinking.

This training needs to be based on our recently much-improved scientific understanding of the human mind and our world.

]]> By: MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada » Blog Archive » Making collaboration work beyond the handshake: MaRS and Kingbridge Centre http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/07/07/the-collaboration-paradox-why-so-many-leaders-sabotage-their-own-collaborations-and-some-tactics-for-getting-things-right/comment-page-1/#comment-24677 MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada » Blog Archive » Making collaboration work beyond the handshake: MaRS and Kingbridge Centre Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:07:06 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=3207#comment-24677 [...] and overcoming the organizational barriers that can often stand in the way. Check out Mr. Abele’s recent blog about collaboration for Boston’s Xconomy.com and watch for news on a MaRS/Kingbridge session this [...] [...] and overcoming the organizational barriers that can often stand in the way. Check out Mr. Abele’s recent blog about collaboration for Boston’s Xconomy.com and watch for news on a MaRS/Kingbridge session this [...]

]]> By: Stewart Lyman http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/07/07/the-collaboration-paradox-why-so-many-leaders-sabotage-their-own-collaborations-and-some-tactics-for-getting-things-right/comment-page-1/#comment-24165 Stewart Lyman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:55:22 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=3207#comment-24165 Interesting article, a key point being the relatively new concept of teaching students to collaborate as part of their education. One field that really lends itself to collaboration is biotechnology. It is usually much faster and cheaper to work with an expert who has developed an experimental model than to try and reproduce the same model in-house. Similarly, collaborating with someone to obtain a key reagent (along with the knowledge of how to correctly use it) brings benefits over reinventing the wheel and trying to make the reagent (e.g. protein or monoclonal antibody) yourself. Problems arise in collaborations primarily because scientists are not taught the proper way to collaborate as part of their training. The key to successful collaborations is to clarify at the outset what each party's expectations are regarding the key issues, such as publications, presentations, authorship, time frame, etc. It always amazes me that people who would not dream of hiring someone to work in their homes without writing a detailed contract will enter into a collaboration with another scientist without ever discussing what each researcher wants to get out of the collaboration. Readers interested in the topic of how to facilitate successful research collaborations can request free reprints on a variety of collaboration topics on my Website. Stewart Lyman, Lyman BioPharma Consulting LLC Interesting article, a key point being the relatively new concept of teaching students to collaborate as part of their education. One field that really lends itself to collaboration is biotechnology. It is usually much faster and cheaper to work with an expert who has developed an experimental model than to try and reproduce the same model in-house. Similarly, collaborating with someone to obtain a key reagent (along with the knowledge of how to correctly use it) brings benefits over reinventing the wheel and trying to make the reagent (e.g. protein or monoclonal antibody) yourself. Problems arise in collaborations primarily because scientists are not taught the proper way to collaborate as part of their training. The key to successful collaborations is to clarify at the outset what each party’s expectations are regarding the key issues, such as publications, presentations, authorship, time frame, etc. It always amazes me that people who would not dream of hiring someone to work in their homes without writing a detailed contract will enter into a collaboration with another scientist without ever discussing what each researcher wants to get out of the collaboration. Readers interested in the topic of how to facilitate successful research collaborations can request free reprints on a variety of collaboration topics on my Website. Stewart Lyman, Lyman BioPharma Consulting LLC

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