Inside Smarter Collaboration: Key Insights and Lessons

In a conversation with Dr. Stephen Long, Dr. Heidi K. Gardner and Ivan Matviak share a number of insights from their book Smarter Collaboration as well as the experience of writing the book.

These include: 

• How a financial quant paired up with an academic to write Smarter Collaboration

• Their process for writing Smarter Collaboration

• The role of conflict and psychological safety in effective collaboration

• Top barriers to collaboration, including compensation systems, trust issues, collaboration skills and confidence, and knowing who to reach out to

• The importance of strategic goals that cut across business silos

• The upfront investment required for collaboration initiatives

• What is being sacrificed with remote and hybrid work

• How smarter collaboration means making the most of your abilities (and communicating them), not being great at everything

• Different collaboration-related behavioral tendencies and how they can be leveraged

• How organizations must balance specialization with external partnerships

• The innovation benefits of smart collaboration