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Articles by Debra Louison Lavoy

Social Collaboration
Solving Wickedly Difficult Problems

Anyone who's worked in a large group knows one simple truth: getting things done is way more difficult than it should be. Organizations are not aligned around common goals. They too often waste what should be a competitive advantage: the collective expertise, skills and capabilities within the organization. Or, as Lew Platt of Hewlett-Packard once put it, "If only HP knew what HP knows, we would be three times more productive." The hard problems that organizations face...