U.S. General Services Administration - Workplace Matters

Description

Global Innovator's Award 2007 Submission. Category 3
 
GSA created an environment that encouraged competing consulting firms to share their techniques, tools, ideas and critical acumen with each other. None of the firms had ever participated in this novel arrangement to share their intellectual property. GSA's role was one of protector of intellectual property, and set the context for generating collective intelligence. Each of the firms, over time, has recognized the value of collaboration is a two way street: they learn as much, if not more, than they share. As the consultant group has become more comfortable in this new relationship, they have jointly created several new tools and methods that can be used by all.

Keywords:

award submission, collaboration, intellectual property, knowledge sharing, workplace