Collaboration & Creativity

A collaborative relationship between organizations is one important approach to creativity and innovation. New ideas and initiatives often emerge with the combined expertise of leaders at two organizations. Mark Zuckerman, the Chief Executive of Facebook, says his company will offer the ability to chat one on one with your Facebook friends. (I remember that about a week ago Google did something similar.) Here’s an article that offers insights into the new collaborative relationship between Facebook and Skype. What other collaborative efforts might be in store for Facebook? What might the downsides be to such collaboration?