Collective intelligence occurs to me to be easier to cultivate, and might be more effective in building capacity, and avoid the need to "herd cats", when compared with other forms of collaboration.
It appears that collective intelligence hinges on creating openings and building forums/platforms, while other collaboration might require matching attitudes and behaviours, and could be more corruptible by unintended dynamics.
It also appears that collective intelligence is self-weeding, more subject-matter focused, and requires little process control --- little more than a code of conduct.
http://edge.org/conversation/collective-intelligence
It appears that collective intelligence hinges on creating openings and building forums/platforms, while other collaboration might require matching attitudes and behaviours, and could be more corruptible by unintended dynamics.
It also appears that collective intelligence is self-weeding, more subject-matter focused, and requires little process control --- little more than a code of conduct.
http://edge.org/conversation/collective-intelligence