HBRAS surveyed 718 of its readers to discover what they thought about the rise of ‘social collaboration tools’. The results were near-unanimous. 95% of people working in large organizations use social tools today, while the remaining 5% are exploring them for future use.

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“These social applications allow people to work not just faster and cheaper, but also in ways they simply couldn’t have before,” says Heidi Gardner, who is a distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession. She’s also the author of a book on the topic, Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos.

“The technologies allow cross-organization collaboration with experts within a firm,” says Heidi, “as well as across organizations, that can securely and creatively solve problems in real time.”

Workplace, of course, is at the cutting-edge of collaboration technology and organizations are using it to drive transformational impact across all departments, functions, and geographies.

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