The need to collaborate.

Degree of Collaboration in a global village with collective thinkers.       

Collaboration has become a buzz word on some people’s lips but what is of paramount importance is how you collaborate with others. The Oxford dictionary meaning of collaboration says to collaborate is to work together with somebody in order to produce or achieve something. Consequently, it would be important to identify projects on which to collaborate without ulterior motives. Hence, I personally call it collaboration for the benefit of others and I refrain from coining it collaboration for the benefit of an individual or even money. (It’s not about individuals; it’s about a collective team) 

Collaborate because you want to make a difference and not for your own selfish quest. If the world is to become a global village of collaborators, with everyone raising their hands willingly to share information, work and knowledge, then go collaboration. We, therefore, need to all heed a call to collaborate on any projects that need our hands and brains. Furthermore, then there is a need for everyone to get into the habit of collaboration on any project even on a pro bono basis, that would also do.

There is a need to collaborate, in this case collaborate creatively on various projects with various creatives to pull the rabbit out of the hat and deliver ideas that can change the world. Sharing work is about a common goal, team growth and a good output. However, it can be collaboration for the benefit of others with a twist. Collaboration is got a liberating effect which can also play a part in your individual growth. Consequently, collaboration takes on a form of a collective team that has come together to deliver terrific work for either clients or just people that you do business with. Furthermore, collaboration is like a bicycle chain, it can only move when a person takes the initiative to ride the bicycle. It does not exist in a vacuum, it requires people’s minds and hands all together for it to come to fruition. Shape the future and collaborate with other people unselfishly, for the benefit of others as well as for the growth of others.

Collaboration plays a pivotal role in a global village because it is likely to give birth to a group of collective thinkers. When you collaborate you become a team that share responsibility on various projects that are undertaken. The age of collaboration with effort, in this case is based on creative collaboration from all creatives that care about collective ideas that work. When you collaborate the output is usually much bigger that if it were an individual on a project. Think collaboration, think collective and think connectedness. You cannot put collaboration on ice, it’s now more like an ice-berg that cannot be broken. However, it should be a continuous cycle like a merry-go-round. Therefore, once it starts moving it will have a rhythm which others will see as a vehicle to a collective output. Moreover, collaboration is like waves of an ocean, just keep on jumping and surfing while it moves.

The need to collaborate rest upon you and I, however, make it your business.

Go collaboration – Go collective – Make a connection – Be counted.

By Kamogelo “kginias” Masemola