Intellectual property and a good reputation are the currencies for collaboration to work
When speaking with the sales director of a big company recently, I was a little surprised when he said: "Innovation is not my responsibility." It was quite a telling remark and hinted at a bigger question about whose responsibility innovation should really be. "Not all the smart people work for you," according to Bill Joy, founder of Sun Microsystems, so how can a company tap into great ideas or great people wherever they may be and whose responsibility is it…
