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whats the best way to faciliate collaboration within a software org


we have an org of around 300 people and certain people are very good at sharing articles, tips, blogs, etc but it usually happens within sub teams (between 5-15 people). whats the best way to scale this up to facilitate a culture of collaboration across a larger set of folks.

  • Post to central WIKI instead of email links?
  • Reward contributors and encourage bottom up organic collaboration ?
  • "Force" collaboration top down ?

Solution

  • You have to create an culture in which sharing is rewarded.

    • Post to central WIKI instead of email links.

    • Reward contributors and encourage bottom up organic collaboration

    • "Force" collaboration top down. By "force" you mean reward and encourage.

    You must do all of this. And more.

    • You must teach collaboration

    • You must assure that all managers value and reward collaboration

    • You must measure collaboration.

    Even then, you'll probably have to do even more.