#8 Thriving in the Era of Rabid Collaboration

    The message from the video "Thriving in the Era if Rabid Collaboration" is abot higher education institutions using the collaboration to drive down costs via leverage. The idea is to use a fast digital network that will have more resources for education and also bring cost-efficiencies to institutions through the roof. The fast digital networks will be open sources were institutions can collaborate about research and IT services and many other things. According to the speaker this will create a competitive advantage for the schools that use this open source network. The speaker talked about how collaboration is an unnatural act and how its hard to be dependent upon others. Each participant needs a network that is dependable to enable new coordination. He talked about embracing the notion of coordinating business objectives and leveraging resources with other institutions. The speaker talked about edge, leverage and trust and developing skills over time. This would help to create that competitive advantage. The speaker also talked about why collaborate and that collaboration begins at home. Collaboration brings different resources to the business and helps conduct the business. This all deals with cost efficiencies and having a competitive advantage in higher education.