Collaboration, in its simplest form, means working together. It is a term that is used in business for teams or individuals working on a common project, or with a common purpose. Beyond business, it is often used to express the idea of individuals with different skills working together towards a shared aim.

The term collaboration often refers to the use of technology to support sharing of documents, images, and ideas. Well-known platforms to support collaboration include MS Teams, Zoom, Skype, and Slack, but there are many more. These platforms are only tools to support ways of working:  they cannot of themselves create collaboration.