A short YouTube talk by Jim Johnson about the benefits of collaboration and shared values in business. Using an anecdote about a colleague (Frank Manila), Johnson argues that complementary skills (e.g., sales vs. other talents) and aligned values raise the performance bar for participating companies — there is “power in numbers” when organizations cooperate and share skills and values.
And I got to know the guy over time, and we actually all started working towards helping each other do better. And Frank Manila, cool guy, and he had a talent that I didn't have. And on my side of things, we kind of had the sales thing, and we really had a process and a system for that. And I found value because we made each other better. And it's happened in various other companies that I've worked with that it raises the bar. Right. Like that bar raises for the those ones working together and the ones that aren't willing to work together. There's more power in numbers, especially when they're aligned values wise, and they bring skills to the table, I guess. Like, you can't say, hey, you know, we have 300 companies.
