Complex Collaborations I just read a new book entitled Business Without Boundaries: An Action Framework for Collaborating Across Time, Distance, Organization, and Culture. I happen to know one of the authors, Don Mankin, who was on our trip to Antarctica last year. The book is a good, quick read for anyone running an organization that requires any degree of complex collaboration, whether in the form of multiple offices with a single company, close relationships with suppliers or customers or channel partners, or even a joint venture. Mankin and his co-author Susan Cohen present three case studies: John Deere, Radica, and Solectron. They then tie their learnings together into a solid framework that’s almost a how-to checklist for organization leaders to…