{"id":139,"date":"2017-02-10T18:11:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T18:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/securedstorecloud.com\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2017-03-17T01:57:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T01:57:45","slug":"collaborative-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cloud.securedstore.net\/index.php\/collaborative-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>[et_pb_section admin_label=\u201dsection\u201d fullwidth=\u201don\u201d specialty=\u201doff\u201d inner_shadow=\u201doff\u201d parallax=\u201doff\u201d background_color=\u201d#2ea3f2\u2033][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=\u201dFullwidth Header\u201d title=\u201dCollaborative Capabilities\u201d subhead=\u201dA new imperative for information workers\u201d background_layout=\u201ddark\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d header_fullscreen=\u201doff\u201d header_scroll_down=\u201doff\u201d parallax=\u201doff\u201d parallax_method=\u201doff\u201d content_orientation=\u201dcenter\u201d image_orientation=\u201dcenter\u201d custom_button_one=\u201doff\u201d button_one_letter_spacing=\u201d0\u2033 button_one_use_icon=\u201ddefault\u201d button_one_icon_placement=\u201dright\u201d button_one_on_hover=\u201don\u201d button_one_letter_spacing_hover=\u201d0\u2033 custom_button_two=\u201doff\u201d button_two_letter_spacing=\u201d0\u2033 button_two_use_icon=\u201ddefault\u201d button_two_icon_placement=\u201dright\u201d button_two_on_hover=\u201don\u201d button_two_letter_spacing_hover=\u201d0\u2033]<\/p>\n<p>The way many experts see it, collaboration is no longer one of those touchy-feely, nice-to-have corporate concepts. It\u2019s an absolute must-have for survival and growth.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=\u201dsection\u201d][et_pb_row admin_label=\u201drow\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dCollaboration is a business strategy\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d use_border_color=\u201doff\u201d border_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d border_style=\u201dsolid\u201d]<\/p>\n<h2>Collaboration is a business strategy<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cCollaboration is a business strategy\u2014a way to improve the productivity of people and teams and accelerate the flow of information through the company,\u201d Forrester Research analysts Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler write in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebizq.net\/topics\/bpm\/features\/13161.html\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">\u201cEmpowered: <\/span><\/u><\/a>Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your Customers, Transform Your Business\u201d (Harvard Business Press, 2010).<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s a safe bet that collaboration will continue to grow in importance, especially for information workers (or, in Forrester\u2019s shorthand, \u201ciWorkers\u201d) such as those involved in <a href=\"http:\/\/whatis.techtarget.com\/definition\/dynamic-case-management--dcm-.html\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">dynamic case management<\/span><\/u><\/a> (DCM).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u201drow\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d1_2\u2033][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dIn the big picture\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d use_border_color=\u201doff\u201d border_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d border_style=\u201dsolid\u201d]<\/p>\n<h3>In the big picture<\/h3>\n<p>In the big picture, the global economy is already evolving from its historical industrial base to a new model based on largely on collaboration, according to consultant Don Tapscott, mostly recently co-author, with Anthony D. Williams, of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikinomics.com\/blog\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">\u201cWikinomics: <\/span><\/u><\/a>How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything\u201d (Portfolio, 2008) and \u201cMacrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World\u201d (Portfolio, 2010).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u201d1_2\u2033][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dCollaborative Model\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d use_border_color=\u201doff\u201d border_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d border_style=\u201dsolid\u201d]<\/p>\n<h3>Collaborative Model<\/h3>\n<p>That <a href=\"http:\/\/searchcloudapplications.techtarget.com\/answer\/These-collaboration-apps-dramatically-enhance-development-teamwork\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">collaborative model<\/span><\/u><\/a> is, of course, primarily due to the Internet, which not only allows people in widely dispersed locations to work together in new ways and at unprecedented levels, but does so at dramatically reduced costs. Increasingly, collaboration even occurs beyond traditional organizational boundaries\u2014for instance, when employees in one company reach out to their counterparts in another. As Tapscott has put it: \u201cThe world can be your HR department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u201drow\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d1_3\u2033][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dDrives new types\u2014and new heights\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d use_border_color=\u201doff\u201d border_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d border_style=\u201dsolid\u201d]<\/p>\n<h4>Drives new types\u2014and new heights<\/h4>\n<p>That, in turn, drives new types\u2014and new heights\u2014of innovative capability, experts say. Science writer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenberlinjohnson.com\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Steven Berlin Johnson <\/span><\/u><\/a>has succinctly summed up the relationship between collaboration and innovation this way: \u201cChance favors the connected mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the same shift is revolutionizing organizations right down to their foundations\u2014even to the level of long-established definitions. \u201cThis is changing the whole nature of \u2018what is a corporation?\u2019\u201d Tapscott has said. \u201cEvery organization, every firm, needs to figure out a strategy on how to embrace this new phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u201d1_3\u2033][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dSOCIAL, SAAS, CLOUD, MOBILE AND MORE\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d use_border_color=\u201doff\u201d border_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d border_style=\u201dsolid\u201d]<\/p>\n<h4>SOCIAL, SAAS, CLOUD, MOBILE AND MORE<\/h4>\n<p>Not surprisingly, social networking is also skyrocketing in importance for improving employees\u2019 ability to collaborate not just with each other, but with customers as well. In forecasting its top 10 trends for the current year and beyond, Forrester predicted that social approaches and technologies would continue to \u201cinfiltrate\u201d both internal and customer-facing processes.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u201d1_3\u2033][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201dIMPLICATIONS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT\u201d background_layout=\u201dlight\u201d text_orientation=\u201dleft\u201d use_border_color=\u201doff\u201d border_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d border_style=\u201dsolid\u201d]<\/p>\n<h4>IMPLICATIONS FOR CASE MANAGEMENT<\/h4>\n<p>All those factors are dramatically reshaping the case management landscape. For one thing, they\u2019ve helped reveal plenty of new applications and opportunities for the approach.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way many experts see it, collaboration is no longer one of those touchy-feely, nice-to-have corporate concepts. It\u2019s an absolute must-have for survival and growth. 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