I’m surprised and pleased that KPIX-TV Channel 5, the CBS-owned station in San Francisco, has taken an interest in collaboration. Maybe the topic has wider interest than I thought.

KPIX-TV is running a story on its web site about The Culture of Collaboration book. The KPIX-TV story is that two San Francisco Bay Area companies and one non-profit organization are among the collaborative companies included in my book. The story describes how Industrial Light & Magic, DreamWorks Animation (which has a division near San Francisco) and the Myelin Repair Foundation achieve impressive results through collaboration.

I really admire the Myelin Repair Foundation for changing the culture of medical research. MRF is getting scientists who might normally compete for limited grant money to collaborate. MRF’s goal is on track to reduce the time-to-a-cure for multiple sclerosis from about twenty years to five. Talk about creating value through collaboration…