Why you need to focus on collaboration.

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Organisations whocollaborate to shareand reuse knowledgetypically have

4% higher margins.

Technology is changing how we interact and collaborate with our colleagues, making it easier to share knowledge and ideas. And this gives organisationsthe opportunity to work more productively — as long as their people have the tools they need.

People are embracing collaboration.

Collaboration improves your bottom line.

of people believethat organisationsshould spend moretime promoting collaboration.

Many successful organisations already have the right pieces in place.

Provide tools to support anytime, anywhere collaboration.

Collaboration isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution, but having the right tools in place can help your people work in the most productive way for them.

9 out of 10people believe collaborationbecomes more important,the more technologychanges how we work.

6 in 10 people feel they work better in a team.

Actively support collaboration.

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Sharing and reusing knowledge typically delivers an increase in revenue growth of

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The Collaboration Conundrum.