Okay, I know it’s not really Monday today (Happy Memorial Day yesterday!), but since we were all out enjoying sunshine and barbecues yesterday afternoon, today we can get back into the swing of things by catching up on the latest business collaboration news together!

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about how effective team and online collaboration can lead to improved organization and increased innovation when it comes to a successful business. I have to agree with this, of course, as I - as well as my colleagues at OnePlace - believe that collaboration can bring a great number of benefits to the business.

Innovation Perspectives - Collaborative Innovation Efforts - Answering the question “How should firms collaborate with customers and/or value chain partners to co-create new products and services?” this post shares beneficial, detailed information on increasing the quality of the team around you and measuring success while focusing on results and how things get done to achieve that success.

Trends in Business Collaboration - The first line of this post says it all: “Sharing no longer means email.” I completely agree. There are many businesses that still use email as their main form of communication and collaboration. And while it’s “fine... for now,” it’s not “fantastic and efficient.” This post talks about the trend of moving your sharing capabilities to specialized applications, most of which are “in the cloud.” These types of collaboration techniques make it easier to connect and communicate with others to get more done.

Organization Development Initiatives For Collaboration Enterprises - Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of an entire organization is what this post is all about. Some great things to keep in mind here are to choose the right people for your business, measure their performance and openness to collaboration and give them detailed training to make sure they know the processes and practices behind collaboration. Taking the time to do all this will improve the collaboration efforts and the success of the business.

6 Tips For Open Collaboration - And just in case you aren’t sure how to be as open as you can with your team while collaborating, this post gives some great tips to begin those discussions. By observing others, the author was able to identify how best to communicate and collaborate to produce the quality outcomes we all need to succeed in business, including better communication organization and business innovation.

Above are great tips and examples to utilizing collaboration products and processes to their fullest, and taking the necessary steps to achieve more than you ever thought possible.

What other posts have you read lately about innovation, organization or collaboration? Share them with us in the comments - we love to know what you’re interested in as well!