What is your collaboration style? French Garden or English Garden?

two top managers disagree profoundly. abel, ceo of a happening young startup, believes that if he gives his team room to be creative, everything will fall in place for the company. abraham, president at a large real estate agency, won’t hear a word of it. according to him, you need to give people context – in terms of clearly defined responsibilities, processes and roles - so that they can channel their creativity to improve the organization. their attitudes also determine their collaboration software decisions.

neither of them is completely right. they are right in their own situations. through a gardening metaphor, the following infographic studies these two broad approaches to collaborating in organizations. which one are you?
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