Many businesses think they collaborate. But content professionals today are tugged in multiple directions, and expected to multi-task their way through an increasing amount of work with the help of software tools designed to make them more productive. The variety of tools to choose from, the time needed to adopt them and adapt to new ways of working, and the resistance to change in many corporate cultures are all factors that contribute to a very different reality – one in which collaboration is not as vibrant and widespread as it could be.

Scott Abel and I conducted this research in May, and we are pleased to report that the survey received 523 responses, and an average of 43 comments per question.

Why Businesses Don’t Collaborate – survey report includes the response statistics, analysis, and a sampling of the comments people wrote in addition to their answers. It explores how people plan meetings and get group input on project materials, and how the tools they use affect the quality and efficiency of their output, and their sense of accomplishment.

Why Businesses (Don’t) Collaborate: Meeting Management, Group Input and Wiki Usage Survey Results