It would also help if the controllers and airlines would learn to collaborate with each other.

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We fail to communicate and collaborate with each other so what we want to accomplish on and off the job gets done in a way that works for everyone.

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We should all be proud of what we have accomplished and learn ways to continue to collaborate and relate with each other, regardless of gender.

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Colleagues vie with each other for preferment, yet must collaborate closely to fend off competition from without.

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"These systems are going to consist of collections of interactive, semi-autonomous programs...something like software agents that collaborate with each other, " says Kephart.

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Interestingly enough, that is a role the best chief information officers play, as they have reason to collaborate with leaders of each business unit and division of a company often in ways that those leaders do not with each other.

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