As always, thanks for your comments. I like how you describe “cooperative intelligence.” Your example is a really good one for others that are trying to understand how to be successful in life, never mind business. I have included a link to your website on mine. Let me know if this is okay.

– Tom

Sorry to be so late in commenting, too much travel this year! I couldn’t agree more that CI is a people business which is often missing, and is why when analysts share great analysis and predictions about what companies “better do or else” to management, they are ignored. I think this is true is most professions: we get good at what we do, but so not so good at connecting and communicating our findings and listening to our management to find out what motivates them. That is how I came up with the notion of cooperative intelligence since with a cooperative attitude, regardless of profession, people realize that you do care about their motivation and are listening to their problems and helping them work through them, but also ask them to help solve yours. I think too often, not only do we not recognize other people’s motivations, but we also don’t ask them for their contribution, especially with executives since we want to be helpful and “look good”. More about cooperative intelligence: http://www.thecisource.com/pdfs/CooperativeIntelligence2006.pdf

I like your blog!

Ellen Naylor