ABSTRACT
Networks matter. When individuals discover that they cannot complete a task by themselves, when a company knows that it cannot grow the talent, expertise, or means of production it needs to be successful in a new market, when a group of like-minded people with shared interests understand that their personal growth and development require learning with others, when an NGO mobilizes to protect a natural ecosystem, a network emerges. The reasons that individuals, businesses, and organizations create networks come down to the simple proposition that working together, in conscious collaboration, means that we can accomplish more than we ever could individually.
