Collaboration

In countries like those where I come from, citizens hesitate to reach out to the Police and many other governmental support because more often than not, it means putting your finger into an ant hill.

• Many of us do not trust them
• We do not trust the system to be supportive
• We know it is a lot of hassle - time consuming/ laborious paper work  etc etc

I draw parallels of this scenario with that of 'collaboration' in large corporations. There is a lot of buzz around working in 'start up mode' inside a large corporation because people are beginning to realize that the sheer size/logistics slows us down and we cannot afford to.

Breaking silos is not an easy task. Some wish to not open the can of worms and accept redundancy to be more peaceful .
Some others, do take the on the huge task of breaking silos - to collaborate - to reach out and avoid redundancy. This is not for the faint hearted. Some give up, a few continue on.

Such a task has nothing to do with the ultimate success/failure of a project/product. However, more often than not, it is the success/failure of the project/product that gets recognized or rewarded. Reducing the challenge some people take to break silos and reduce redundancy to nothing.

Irrespective of project/product outcomes - why is 'collaboration' not recognized/rewarded enough even though everyone recognizes this as such an important part of working efficiently?