This article was originally published in Information Management (Sept 2016 edition)

To a greater or lesser extent, everyone collaborates. I watch my pre-school twins collaborate daily. I listen to the “collaborative creativity” within a jazz ensemble. Yet so often in a work context we operate in silos.

For decades, the silo of choice was the spreadsheet. Today, it’s becoming the data discovery “workbook.” Yet it’s no longer enough to just have meaningful analytics: it’s also about...