Charles Darwin on Collaboration

6 COMMENTS
January 17th, 2012

I’m always on the lookout for interesting quotes dealing with collaboration that I can use in presentations.  I came across this quote by Charles Darwin which I wanted to share with you.

“It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” - Charles Darwin

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=681695248 Michael D. Barton

    Sorry to be a downer, but Darwin never said/wrote that. See: 
    http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/six-things-darwin-never-said

  • Cmfelts

    Never apologize for being wrong–after all, business mopes like this never apologize for being wrong.

  • http://www.jmorganmarketing.com jacobmorgan

    noooooooooooooo! Darn, well it’s a good quote nonetheless, we’ll just attribute it to a different Charles Darwin.  Thanks for letting me know!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=681695248 Michael D. Barton

    Welcome!

  • http://twitter.com/dlavenda dlavenda

    If you like Darwin on collaboration –  check out these articles - 
    Why Do We Cooperate? Some Evolutionary Thoughts About What Motivates Us - http://ow.ly/8xgH8 
    Four Things Businesses Need to Learn From Recent Discoveries in Evolutionary Theory  -  http://ow.ly/8xgMF

  • Daniel Milstein

    Completely agree with this quote because no person can exist and perform in isolation, you need to collaborate with others. Modern companies are a perfect example of collaboration and team work, infact if it wasn’t for these companies, all our modern innovations and inventions would not have happened.
    I know it perfectly well because I run a company which has been ranked as one of the fastest growing companies. And then I don another hat which is that of a best selling author. This would not have been possible with out help and collaboration of my colleagues.