Maybe you know why you collaborate, maybe you don't, but here is why I believe we collaborate - to create new knowledge. That's it plain and simple. Whether we are collaborating face to face, on a conference call, or in a community of practice discussion thread, the additive input from others adds to the knowledge we have and we create new knowledge. It may simply be a new perspective or one of those powerful light bulb moments where genius is created, but new knowledge is created in the process.
