Thanks for expanding the conversation Redge to outside the corporate walls.  I absolutely agree the conversation is much bigger and I appreciate you providing such great examples.

Although I am not so sure the barriers to collaboration are as you put it "easily resolved in the greater scheme of things".  Unless of course you mean by greater scheme of things that those who truly embrace collaboration will be much more likely to succeed.  Time will tell.  Old contexts tend to die hard and require mindful and persistent intervention to change.

You also have me wondering whether the barriers to internal collaboration that are pointed to here are as strongly rooted in other kinds of collaborations?  Thanks for the food for thought!