that you give up or compromise your dearest concerns. It means designing a solution that recognizes your concerns. The process often leads to a reconfiguration of everyone’s concerns. The hallmark of successful collaboration is the experience of solidarity and new energy: a “we.” ^c

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PETER J. DENNING ( pjd@nps.edu) is the director of the Cebrowski Institute for Information Innovation and Superiority at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, and a past president of ACM. PETER YAHOLKOVSKY (peter. yaholkovsky@attglobal.net) is an executive consultant in Grass Valley, CA.

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