Open Collaboration

Definition: Create new products or services by engaging a large number of contributors and making the results readily accessible to all. Example: Issue an internal challenge, supplying data and success criteria, to solve a persistent problem.

Relates to: Integrate and Co-Create

SKILL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

ONLINE RESOURCES

How to Set Productive Collaboration into Action
Ten Lessons in Collaboration
The Promise (and Perils) of Open Collaboration

BOOKS

Brand Opening: Using Open-Source Collaboration Principles to Create BIG Ideas for Brands and Beyond
Designing Together: The Collaboration and Conflict Management Handbook for Creative Professionals, 1st Edition
The Open Collaboration Encyclopedia

COURSE, WORKSHOP, OR SEMINAR

Collaboration Skills Training
Leading Strategically

TOOL RESOURCES

Tools to support this skill may include:

Crowdfunding: A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide: Build a Better Business by Building Community
Crowdfunding: Understanding Crowdfunding
Crowdsourcing: Mindsharing: The Art of Crowdsourcing Everything