Collaboration, like differentiation, 21st-century, and awesome, is a good word that has been used so much it's lost its meaning. This is the subject of an interesting article (link below) from Angela Maiers, as she attempts to bring the word and the idea of collaboration back into a meaningful focus. While the entire text is worth your time (it's brief), one quote spoke to me in particular, "Tap into the crowd if you believe the most valuable person is the crowd. You must innately believe that smartest person in the room - is the room–and that the more diverse room, the smarter it gets."