Leading Across Boundaries: Creating Collaborative Agencies in a Networked World

An Example of Successful Collaboration with Difficult People

In the JIVA story, I noted the failure to actively involve middle managers in the initiative. Here’s another example of virtual collaboration among intelligence analysts. In this case the needs of the middle managers were anticipated and handled well. There were very few people problems, and the initiative continues to be a major success.

IADS: Collaborating in a Culture of Huge Egos and Information Hoarding

In the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, members of the intelligence community who had worked on the analysis of another country’s air defense systems learned that their customers needed them to produce more integrated analysis in many aspects of their work. At this time, if ...