The ability to rapidly come together and act as 'WE' - with like-mindedness and strong alignment - has typically proven to be a complex, costly, and difficult-to-manage issue. Groups collaborate to advance some topic but few strategies, projects or initiatives achieve their potential.

Typical Collaborations...	Underlying Root Causes	The Key is Difficulty Aligning
Rely primarily on conversation - endless semi-productive meetings Feel forced to constrain the discussion to meet a predefined timeframe Have only a sense of their alignment Postpone dealing with the details Are confounded when actions do not support what appeared to be agreed to Generate a frustrating amount of rework and realignment Fall short of the desired outcome	Lack of Clarity Dialogue comprises too many “grand themes”, platitudes, and adjectives that are open to misinterpretation and permit unspoken non-commitment. Low Coverage Traditional conversation focuses on defining success and how to get there. Not adequately discussing the restraining factors leads to flawed plans. Incompleteness It's not just what people will say. Not having a mechanism for bringing what people find difficult-to-discuss into the conversation leads to issues during implementation.	A conversation-only approach is inefficient and inadequate People are willing to align at a high level but the devil is in the details when it comes to action Even when groups appear aligned, they are not aware of the details of where they are misaligned Alignment is never yes/no - at the level we take action it is always somewhere between 0 and 100% Groups find it most comfortable talking about their joint aspirations but struggle declaring challenges Alignment drifts over time, yet is not continuously managed