Our Story - Why We Collaborate
Over 15 years ago, SMITH/Associates was a sole proprietorship focused primarily on facilitating partnering sessions associated with large, complex projects. Our entrepreneurial spirit and adaptability enabled us to expand our service offerings to meet clients' emergent needs.
Additional colleagues, clients, and insights have transformed us to today's SMITH/Associates - a growing collaboration firm.
Over the years, we have encountered numerous quantifiable benefits of collaboration, including, but not limited to:
- Reduced cost
- Improved schedule
- Improved quality of products and services
We are most excited, however, by some of the changes we've seen in peoples' lives. As our collaborators encounter new colleagues and learn new methods of working together, frustration has changed to excitement, conflict has become camaraderie, and problems have transformed into worthy challenges.
In the final analysis, this is what excites and inspires us. This is why we believe in collaboration. We've seen it work in us and in others.