William Bratton - Collaborate or Perish!: Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World

Becoming more effective and succeeding is a goal most of us share. Now William Bratton and Zachary Tumin focus on the power of effective collaboration, citing real-life examples as the key to real success. Their insight together with their extremely readable story clearly and convincingly explain why going it alone no longer works in our increasingly connected society.

LEONARD STERN , chairman and CEO of the Hartz Group

Collaborate or Perish! is a refreshing kick in the pantsa wonderful collection of real-world, power of the many examples. We all need to hear the rallying cry to take action together. Bill Bratton and Zach Tumin create excitement and a new desire to get involved. They not only motivate, they provide a playbook for how.

LT GEN TAD OELSTROM , USAF (ret.), and director of the National Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School

The days of a Lone Ranger approach to problem-solving are over. In todays interconnected world, the best ideas and most effective implementation come when collaboration is at the core. Collaborate or Perish! is chock-full of real-world examples and behind-the-scenes insights from across industries and sectors that illustrate how success comes when teams work together.

ELI BROAD , founder of the Broad Foundations

Like many New Yorkers, I love Bill Bratton. It may be that no single person had more of a role transforming New York City into the safe, welcoming city it became when he was police commissioner. Collaborate or Perish!, written with Zachary Tumin, captures everything that makes Bratton so special. Its built around a big visionthat true collaboration is the key to solving the worlds most complex problemsbut its also grounded in incredibly specific, cool, disruptive strategies for how to make collaboration happen, and the sort of insider stories that only someone like Bratton is in a position to know. I savored every word of this book

TONY SCHWARTZ , author of The Way Were Working Isnt Working and The Power of Full Engagement

In todays world, collaboration across organizational boundaries is an imperativenot only within the public sector, but between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. In Collaborate or Perish!, Bill Bratton and Zach Tumin show us how it works, providing a series of lessons that spell the difference between success and failure. Not only that, they do so in entertaining fashion, with real-world stories that jump off the page. Read this book!

DAVID OSBORNE , senior partner at the Public Strategies Group and coauthor of Reinventing Government, The Price of Government, and other books.

No effective organization is an island. Whether youre in the corporate world, the public sector, the military, or even a small business owner, Bill Bratton and Zach Tumins guide to institutional collaboration is a game changer.

CYNTHIA BROWN , publisher of American Police Beat

In this networked, wired, flat world of ours today, for some reason, America is losing its competitive edge. In Collaborate or Perish!, internationally renowned anti-crime expert Bill Bratton and Zach Tumin identify that reason and point the way to regaining our edge. In todays world, our individualist culture wont cut it. Weve simply got to collaborate, if we are to survive, much less thrive. Wall Street, Main Street, and, especially, Washington, listen up!

CLARK ERVIN , director of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program

Bratton and Tumin make a convincing case that collaboration benefits not only policing, but virtually every organizational process and decision. In settings from casinos to schools, Collaborate or Perish! demonstrates how systematic collaboration can transform an organization.

THOMAS H. DAVENPORT , Presidents Distinguished Professor of IT and Management, Babson College

Bill Bratton has proved that he knows how to get results. In New York City and Los Angeles, he brought crime down because he had a big new vision for the policehe said police must prevent crime, not just investigate after the harm has been done. And Bratton saw his job as changing the urban environment, so people would feel safe in the city and would once again trust their police. To achieve these sweeping changes, Bill looked beyond the police department and got other people and organizations involved in his mission. Zach Tumin has led the way in bringing this kind of collaborative thinking to corporate America. Together, Bill and Zach have written a book thats a road map for any organization to succeed. They tell compelling stories of what is possible when you look for partners who can help you achieve your goals.

CHUCK WEXLER , Police Executive Research Forum

The joy of this bookyes, joyis in seeing people run through walls: on the streets of a big city plagued by extortion rackets; submersed in a submarine that is not picking up danger signals; in a disease-control center baffled by clues to the source of a bug that is hourly threatening thousands and ruining hundreds of angry farmers; in a customs shed unable to process goods fast and safely enough; in a convoy in Iraq and Afghanistan up against the diabolical permutations of the bomb-makers. Bratton and Tumin document scores of successful resolutions of apparently insuperable complexities. The magic key, from their own experiences and others, is collaboration. Technology counts but people talking to people counts for more. The rich accumulation of the lessons is valuable but entertaining too. Every copy of the book should bear a sticker: Guaranteed not to bore.

SIR HAROLD EVANS , author of They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine, Two Centuries of Innovation

Bill Bratton and Zach Tumin reveal in this book a first-class understanding for organization and management in a variety of situations. Their theme is collaboration along with technology that provides critical information for evaluating the situation on the ground under a leadership that supplies direction and support. The lessons, based in part on Bill Brattons own record as police commissioner of both New York and Los Angeles, shine through the pages of this book to the point where it becomes inspirational for the reader An extraordinary book for anyone interested in how action leads to results, as Mr. Bratton puts it.

MORT ZUCKERMAN , editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report and publisher of the New York Daily News

Copyright 2012 by William Bratton and Zachary Tumin

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bratton, William.
Collaborate or perish! : reaching across boundaries in a networked world / William Bratton, Zachary Tumin. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Cooperation. 2. Business networks. 3. Social networks.
4. Strategic alliances (Business) I. Tumin, Zachary. II. Title.