GIGO - Genius In, Genius Out. When it comes to organizing group action, a common structure not only prevents mistakes, it allows people to tap into one another’s potential. The more intention and care each person on the team puts into storing their knowledge in a way that can be shared, the more synergy that team can demonstrate. It seems simple, but virtually no one practices it, mostly because it is just too difficult.

As an entrepenuer and businessperson, I can’t afford not to tap the powe of my team, or expose myself to the mistakes that come when the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. So, I use collaborative systems to build shared reality about what my companies are up to. For example, I spent the last 2 weeks installing, learning, and customizing a salesforce.com implementation that cost about $4500. It is an investment I am happy to make - to leverage the power of my team.

However, if you don’t want to invest that, I might recommend a new service called Highrise. Highrise gives me much of the functionality I will use in salesforce for a slightly smaller sum! - It’s Free! I like it so much I want to plug it here.

The interface is clean and intuitive. I look forward to using it with

my finance - so we can make sure that we are working as a team, both leading up to the wedding and beyond!
other groups I take part in that are working to create a positive difference in the world.

We need to organize our resources and use each other’s action to inspire, motivate, and hold one another accountable. Highrise offers us a simple and powerful way to do that.

If you want to leverage the power of your teams, check out Highrise.

Mark Michael Lewis
http://MarkMichaelLewis.com