Developing a Collaborative Mindset in Yourself and Others

Exhibit 14.1 summarizes some approaches for developing a collaborative mindset suitable for a networked world.

Hire People Who Are Natural Collaborators

Perhaps this goes without saying: if we hire people who naturally think and act collaboratively, we don’t have to go through months and years of training and coaching people to change their hierarchical or silo mindset. Well, if this should go without saying, how much time and effort does your agency invest in recruiting and interviewing applicants? Most agencies spend far too little time at this critical task.
Exhibit 14.1. Strategies for Developing a Collaborative Mindset.
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