Foreword

When Satish and Mohan asked me to write the foreword to this book, I could hardly contain my enthusiasm. Not only was I already immersed in the subject matter by virtue of my job, but I saw an opportunity to summarize some four years of acute observation and learning on a topic that is driving a new level of global, socio-economic transformation. We are in the midst of one of those rare inflection points that will forever change the way work is conducted, the way new opportunity is created, and how value is extracted from our endeavors. Of course, we are talking about the uniquely 21st century phenomena of collaborative innovation.

Certainly it is on everyone’s minds. CEOs, government officials, academic and community leaders around ...

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