Globalization and collaboration
by
Charlie Bess
The Kauffman Foundation has published a 9-page Collaborative Advantage report, which argues that global collaborative initiatives should be part of America's long-range innovation strategy. Instead of seeking "competitive advantage," governments, universities and "other major players in the U.S. innovation system" should be searching out possible sources of "collaborative advantage."
The article provides some historical information about globalization through the past decades and makes a case for the world entering a "third-phase" of globalization. It discusses actions the US has taken in the past compared to other countries attempts to dominate a market segment, as well as what needs to be done for the future. It also mentions some of the knee-jerk reactions that organizations are doing today - because everyone else is doing it.
This seems to enforce some of what I have been saying about the need to focus on business analyst capabilities in the IT space. A new level of business analyst is needed that is more collaborative with inter-disciplinary skills and yet deeper industry understanding and high-level technical capabilities (e.g., modeling...).
