--- title: Insights to collaboration & working together | ORG Blog | Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony description: Insights to collaboration & working together --- ![Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ORG_2017_Q1/ORG.jpg?t=1483128475379&width=215&name=ORG.jpg "Overland Resource Group") For full functionality of this site it is necessary to **enable JavaScript**. 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Relevance for Employee Engagement & Labor-Management Cooperation?](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/06/04/part-6-leaders-born-made-relevance-employee-engagement-labor-management-cooperation) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on June 4, 2015 *This is the sixth installment of a blog series, “Collaboration and Employee Engagement; Ideas Whose Time Has Come, Again.” Earlier, we explored the beginnings of labor-management cooperation in the 1960s, the formation of the National Quality of Work Center (NQWC) that conceptualized collaboration between labor unions and management for shared benefit, and the early experiments that moved cooperation to become the new normal. Here in the last installment, we consider the significant evolution in leadership, management, and organizational thinking since the 60’s, the relevance for employee engagement and Labor management cooperation, and where labor and management cooperation fit in that context.* [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/06/04/part-6-leaders-born-made-relevance-employee-engagement-labor-management-cooperation) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/06/04/part-6-leaders-born-made-relevance-employee-engagement-labor-management-cooperation#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Part 5: The Current State of Employee Engagement in America](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/27/part-5-current-state-employee-engagement-america) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on May 27, 2015 **Part 5: The current state of employee engagement in America** [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/27/part-5-current-state-employee-engagement-america) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/27/part-5-current-state-employee-engagement-america#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Part 4: Working Together Adopted as the 'New Normal' for the Workplace](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/20/part-4-working-together-adopted-new-normal-workplace) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on May 20, 2015 #### **Working Together adopted as the ‘new normal’ for the workplace** *This is the fourth installment in a blog series “Collaboration and Employee Engagement; Ideas Whose Time Has Come, Again.” Earlier, we explored the beginnings of labor-management cooperation in the 1960s, the formation of the National Quality of Work Center (NQWC) that conceptualized collaboration between labor unions and management for shared benefit, and experiments that showed benefits of new levels of cooperation. Now, we see experiments becoming the new normal in many organizations.* [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/20/part-4-working-together-adopted-new-normal-workplace) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/20/part-4-working-together-adopted-new-normal-workplace#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Part 3: Early NQWC experiments succeed in at major U.S. employers](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/13/part-3-early-nqwc-experiments-succeed-major-u-s-employers) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on May 13, 2015 **Early NQWC experiments succeed in bringing labor and management together at major U.S. employers** [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/13/part-3-early-nqwc-experiments-succeed-major-u-s-employers) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/13/part-3-early-nqwc-experiments-succeed-major-u-s-employers#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Leadership](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/leadership) [Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/overland-resource-group) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Part 2: A Structure for Working Together](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/08/structure-for-working-together) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on May 8, 2015 **A Structure for Working Together – The National Quality of Work Center is Conceived** [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/08/structure-for-working-together) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/08/structure-for-working-together#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/overland-resource-group) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Collaboration and Employee Engagement: Ideas Whose Time Has Come - Again!](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/07/collaboration-employee-engagement-ideas-whose-time-come) by [Robert Hughes and Nicholas Bizony](https://www.orginc.com/blog/author/robert-and-nick), on May 7, 2015 *This is the first installment of a six-part blog series from Overland Resource Group, exploring the past, the current state, and the future of union-management collaboration and employee engagement. * [Continue Reading](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/07/collaboration-employee-engagement-ideas-whose-time-come) [0 Comments](https://www.orginc.com/blog/2015/05/07/collaboration-employee-engagement-ideas-whose-time-come#comments-listing) Topics: [Collaboration](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/collaboration) [Labor Management](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/labor-management) [Overland Resource Group](https://www.orginc.com/blog/topic/overland-resource-group) - 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