Collaboration Pyramid
Graphic with different levels of collaboration between separate entities.
Article at http://www.networkweaving.com/blog/2006/01/collaboration-pyramid.html
Graphic at http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5400/98/320/CollaborationPyramidJPG.jpg
Description
Jack Ricchiuto of Network Weaving distinguishes seven levels of increased collaboration:
1 / Intracommunity assessment
People within communities work together to create a common understanding of the opportunity landscapes.
2 / Intercommunity assessment
People across communities work together to create a common understanding of the opportunity landscapes.
3 / Intracommunity dreaming
People within communities collaborate in visioning, prioritizing, and planning relative to discovered collaboration opportunities.
4 / Intercommunity dreaming
People across communities collaborate in visioning, prioritizing, and planning relative to discovered collaboration opportunities.
5 / Select-invite R&D project
People within or across communities work together in invitation-specific projects
6 / Open R&D project
People within or across communities work together in open invitation projects
7 / Shared ownership/governance of new enterprise
Participants of R&D projects that create a new enterprise share ownership and/or governance. New enterprises include new civic programs, organizations, services." (http://www.networkweaving.com/blog/2006/01/collaboration-pyramid.html)