Changemakers: The collaboration ecosystem

In the digital age, few companies can successfully go it alone. Seeking strength in partnerships, ecosystems are forming across the world in which organisations collaborate to advance their digital capabilities. Historically, North America and Europe have been the focus of these networks, but in Australia a new, vibrant digital ecosystem culture is emerging.

Choosing the right technology partner

Trust in cloud technology

Is trust in the cloud important? Based on recent EIU survey findings, it appears so. When organisations exhibit higher levels of trust in the cloud, there is a substantial and positive correlation with a wide range of business outcomes. On the opposite end of the spectrum, if users don’t trust the cloud because they don’t understand its attributes, it will be a less effective tool for them.

Fostering collaboration

This EIU research, sponsored by BTS, explores whether firms are leveraging collaborative techniques to improve business success, the difficulties of collaboration and the value of collaborating across functions and levels to achieve strategic alignment. It is based on a survey of 249 business leaders in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. 
 
Key findings from the research include:

Fostering collaboration

For the purpose of this study, we define collaboration as the practice of working together across different functions and across different locations or business units.

The survey, sponsored by BTS, was conducted in March 2016. About half the respondents are C-suite executives, with the balance holding a variety of high-level management positions. North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific are all represented—nearly six in ten respondent organisations have annual revenues exceeding $500m.

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