In December 2008, Cisco conducted one of the first comprehensive studies on the factors associated with successful adoption of network-based collaboration. The study, Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and Laggards surveyed 800 people in a wide variety of U.S. medium-sized and enterprise organizations who:
• Spend at least 20% of time at work using a network-connected computer
• Use a mobile phone or handheld device
• Participate in two or more collaborative activities per month
Our objective was to identify habits and characteristics of high-performing collaboration groups. In addition to pattern matching, the study found evidence that contradicts some common perceptions about today’s collaborators.