I get a kick out of seeing how ordinary folk use simple tools of collaboration.

I do a lot of collaborative work here at the Decision Theater. This is often all about web-based tools, putting people in a room full of screens oozing with data, pulling up GIS maps with interactive features…

And then there’s this. Playing For Change. Collaboration on a whole different scale.

Proof that people of different cultures can be knitted together through music, with nothing more than a makeshift ‘recording studio’ powered by golf cart batteries.

You can’t listen to this version of Stand By Me and not be inspired. And it’s not just the words, but the sheer possibility of connecting people irrespective of distance. Enjoy!