The document emphasizes the importance of collaboration in the workplace, highlighting its benefits for both organizations and employees. It cites research indicating that collaborative companies are more profitable and innovative, while employees who collaborate experience increased satisfaction and productivity. The text outlines the elements of collaboration, technology, culture, governance, and the need for measurement in implementing collaborative practices.

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Ignite a Culture of Collaboration:
The Google for Work Story
Peter Scocimara, Sr. Director, Google for Work
linkedin.com/in/pscocimara

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Question

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Why collaboration?

4. CULTURE
“The critical skill of this century is
not what you know; it is how you
access what other people know.”
- C. K. Prahalad

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To engage people in change, you must connect
Head (rational)
Heart (emotional)
Feet (behavioural)

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Business outcomes from collaboration
decisions
operations
responsiveness
scale
create
innovate
lead
culture
communicate
networked
knowledge
reach
SPEED INVENTION SHARING

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Benefits to organisations who collaborate:
Margins
Flexibility
Culture
2x likely
to be
profitable
Innovatio
n
Scale
Speed
Quality
2x likely to
outgrow
competition
Source: Deloitte - The Collaborative Economy – unlocking the power of the workplace crowd
Mobility

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Benefits to employees who collaborate:
Gen
Y
Gen
X
Baby
Boom
Vets
15% 73% 60% 56%
They work 15%
faster
73% do better work 60% are more
innovative
56% are more
satisfied
Source: Deloitte - The Collaborative Economy – unlocking the power of the workplace crowd

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What is collaboration?

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Elements of collaboration

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Collaboration levers
TecTec
TechnologyCulture &
Governance
Work
Space
Source: Deloitte - The Collaborative Economy – unlocking the power of the workplace crowd

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Netflix Example
TecTec
TechnologyCulture &
Governance
Work
Space✓
✓ ?

13. The work cycle in the 1980’s….
CREATE
COMMUNICATE
CONSOLIDATE
COMMENT
The work cycle circa 1980

14. The tools have changed but process has not...
CREATE
COMMENTCOMMUNICATE
CONSOLIDATE
Tools have changed; workflow … not so much

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What does ‘collaboration’ mean in today’s
workplace?
Project Everest
Campaign City Ideas
Project Everest
Campaign City Ideas
Real-time collaboration in action

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Social collaboration in today’s workplaces
Create together
Store, access,
and share files
Share ideas and collect
feedback
Meet &
connect

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Gen
Y
Gen
X
Baby
Boom
1
Strategy
3
Incentives
Executive
Engagement
Culture
Change
Management
4
Tailor &
Transform
2
Technology
Getting started
5
Measure

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Measurement: Actual Results
Media company; 60 employees; 2 years on Apps

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Rentokil Initial - one customer’s journey

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