3 Reasons Not to Replace Your Collaborative Ecosystem

Let’s start with the basics; a collaborative ecosystem refers to the chain of external and internal sources involved in collaboration. This key process for gaining feedback and creating new ideas in the workplace, can sometimes be easier said than done. Here are some ideas for how to maintain your company’s collaborative ecosystem for optimum efficiency at work.

Make process reflect thought

It’s easy to mistake file-sharing alone for collaboration, but files and documents are merely single entities in a multidimensional procedure. A document-centric approach fails to take into account the ways in which people work. The growing mobility of today’s workforce pushes collaborative processes to be increasingly malleable in order to continue to be productive both in and outside the office setting. Staying open minded and embracing the opportunity to learn from others during collaboration will stand you in best stead for becoming a highly dynamic organization.

Don’t quit your bickering; “actively manage” it

Of course, effective collaboration doesn’t just occur naturally; where there are people, there is also conflict. It is up to the group to decide delegation of responsibility and assign ownership to content. Constructive management is also essential in order to drive innovation and develop scope for new strategies. Similarly, setting deadlines and deciding on regular occasions to review progress are crucial steps to great collaboration.

“There’s an app for that”

Whilst previously an advertising tagline, this saying has swiftly become the truth. Where collaborating without the relevant tools probably means you associate project work with an endless stream of emails, indecipherable spreadsheets and long, rambling meetings, using collaborative software agreed on by all, enables employees to store, share and work together on content within a secure paradigm. Workshare’s client extranet feature allows users to upload their documents to a sharing platform, which alerts them when comments, changes and new versions have been uploaded. Also available as a mobile app, this means employees don’t need to stay still whilst working, contributing to a consistently productive collaborative ecosystem.

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