Where is my place in the digital world?: COLABORATION

COLABORATION: It means we will support each other to build up and organize a pleasant twinspace.

Collaboration is a working practice whereby individuals work together for a common purpose to achieve business benefit.

Collaboration enables individuals to work together to achieve a defined and common business purpose. It exists in two forms:

Synchronous, where everyone interacts in real-time, as in online meetings, through instant messaging, or via Skype, and
Asynchronous, where the interaction can be time-shifted, as when uploading documents or annotations to shared workspaces or making contributions to a wiki

Collaboration at the conceptual level involves:

Awareness – We become part of a working entity with a shared purpose
Motivation – We drive to gain consensus in problem-solving or development
Self-synchronization – We decide as individuals when things need to happen
Participation – We participate in collaboration and we expect others to participate
Mediation – We negotiate and we collaborate together and find a middle point
Reciprocity – We share and we expect sharing in return through reciprocity
Reflection – We think and we consider alternatives
Engagement – We proactively engage rather than wait and see

Collaboration relies on openness and knowledge sharing but also some level of focus and accountability on the part of the business organizations.