{"id":363,"date":"2014-07-05T22:48:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T22:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.smartdesks.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:57:48","slug":"workplace-collaboration-why-you-need-it-and-how-to-achieve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartdesks.com\/knowledge-center\/workplace-collaboration-why-you-need-it-and-how-to-achieve-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Collaboration: Why You Need It and How to Achieve It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collaboration in the workplace<\/strong> not only allows companies to provide their consumers with the best solutions, but it helps employees stay on task and stay motivated. When looking to start a new business or revamp an existing business, executives should consider adopting a collaborative model. As this article<\/a> from TechRadar aptly expresses, the prevalence of social media, mobile technology, and an international information-based economy have developed, so too has a greater need for collaboration in the global marketplace.
\nWhy you need it\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Increased Innovation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Through collaboration, employees bring together expertise and experience to develop the best solutions  for customers. Working on a team employees utilize their own unique strengths and abilities that go beyond their job descriptions and allows for greater creative input. According to this Crain’s New York Business article<\/a>, open offices even spur employees to set more ambitious goals in the workplace.<\/p>\n

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    1. Better Rapport<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      While a job may be a 9 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m. commitment, to truly encourage commitment and success within a company, the members of each team need to know each other. The standard cube-style office approach encourages employees to be closed off from one another. By encouraging a collaborative workspace, it allows employees to get to know each other on a deeper level. Employees can open up and feel at-ease when expressing new business ideas. Google is following (or perhaps even setting!) this trend with their new GoogleDocs features,<\/a> and increased storage in the cloud, which allows collaborators to share and edit their work together even when they are a world apart from one another.
      \nHow to achieve it\u2026
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