Collaborative Leadership, 2nd Edition

Foreword

Some think that the trajectory of human progress has been fuelled uniquely by competition and creative destruction. For me the human capacity to relate, cooperate and collaborate has been just as fundamental a driver at the heart of our progress as a species. Indeed, as the world we live in becomes progressively intertwined and interdependent our continued prosperity depends increasingly on our willingness and ability to collaborate effectively.

In business, collaboration has been at the heart of our organisations for centuries. Joint stock companies evolved to enable individuals to combine intellectual and financial capital to pursue ventures that required collective action and shared responsibility for risk to be successful. In today’s ...