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Jerranna Cannady

Bam! You nailed it Valeria.

Karen Hegmann

Hi Valeria

Interesting comments about Mad Men (and women!) It's such a great show. While I like your definition of Trust Agents, I would venture to guess that the majority of organizations out there are still run by Mad Men principles (ie. people ruthlessly acting in their own self-interest). You're right in that Linkedin systems are more enduring and effective. Now if we can only convince the powers that be that it's OK to "play nice" in the workplace, we'd be ahead of the game.

Ricardo Bueno

Valeria: I don't know what I can possibly contribute here other than to say that you've nailed it! (But Jerranna already beat me to the punch and said that already).

What resonated with me in particular is this quote here: "They build relationships in such a way that they develop mass - for collaboration."

Few people have the ability to do that successfully, and I consider you one of them.

Valeria Maltoni

@Jerranna - thank you for stopping by. I rad with interest your latest post on the reality of keeping to a schedule for blogging. Many of us make it a habit, that's how we stick to it. But you're right, with certain kinds of work and without the proper technology, it can be hard to feel one can keep up. Some have switched to less time intensive forms of posting updates with Posterous and Tumblr. They may be a viable alternative.

@Karen - by example. That's what case studies are anyway, right? It's the only way, showing them up, showing it (success) off.

@Ricardo - Awww, thank you. You're too kind. I try to be helpful. Collaboration is such an important word for me that I put it in a slide at work, twice, recently, without realizing. When it showed up on the screen, I just said "did I mention that collaboration is important?"

Gavin Heaton

So, of course, I am going to ask when the "Conversation Agent" book is coming out. Now that is something I'd buy ;)

And I am looking forward to Chris and Julien's book - whenever Amazon get around to shipping it to this side of the planet!

Bill Free

I'm having a conversation about collaboration with my ceo now.

Internal collaboration is nothing new. Some organizations excel at it; we can all stand to improve it. External collaboration is the new frontier.

Sharing best practices and stimulating innovation across and even within industries is essential to creating real value as our economy evolves. The urgency of a more agile, collaborative dynamic extends to the public sector as well. As thought leaders, we play a critical role in building sustainable communities and repairing our splintered political discourse.

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