Here are three easy steps to help you drive collaboration in your company.
Companies with highly engaged workers can grow revenue 2.5x greater than those with low engagement9 $
1. Look WithinBrilliance can come from anywhere. Find the innovators within your company.
3. Use Collaboration ToolsFor the best results, go beyond email. Enable your employees to be productive and innovative by providing real-time tools like video and mobile collaboration.
2. Collaborate EffectivelyHold regular forums and dialogues and maintain a positive atmosphere where creativity is encouraged and contributions are rewarded.
BandAids were invented by J&J employee Earle Dickson for his wife, who frequently cut herself while cooking.
Ursula Burns, Chairman & CEO Xerox, started as an intern.
93% of C-level executives agree that cloud-based collaboration stimulates innovation 4
Hershey, Shell, GE, Dell, Samsung, Starbucks and many others hold regular “openinnovation” seminars for employees
$“Every team member is a knowledge worker in the information age. Everybody has something to contribute in making decisions and improving processes, products, and services.”
– Evan Rosen, Author & Collaboration Guru
Employees spend 28% of their day with emails, more than any other workplace activity 5
It takes an average of 16 mins to refocus following an email7
Firms using collaboration software see 25% improvements in productivity5
72% of email is spam 6
65% of communication is nonverbal8
90% of businesses using social technologies report benefits to their business 5
Sidney Weinberg, CEO ofGoldman Sachs for 39 years, started as a janitor.
“Ask for ideas from your employees. They have their fingers on the pulse of the marketplace. Encourage them to contribute to the innovation dialogue.”
– Maria Pinelli, Americas Director for Strategic Growth Markets, Ernst & Young LLP10
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“UC (unified communications) can create incredible value when the organizational culture and structure encourage team members to engage one another, make decisions together, and improve processes, products, and services in concert…”
– Evan Rosen
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