The productivity and bottom line of most businesses have benefited greatly from the increasing pace and pervasiveness of technological support. In the process, the community that characterizes and supports businesses of all sizes has been given short shrift. These days, if you collaborate only with those you know, your scope will be too narrow. Expanding beyond the scope of whom you know is difficult. This is not to say that there are no tools to foster communication and participation.

In this Clipper Group paper, read about IBM Lotus connections, the tool that will help your team to collaborate as efficiently as possible.