The Tribe Report 9. The Collaboration Issue | Page 7

BEST PRACTICES

“We have laptops, not desktops. If you need to work with
someone, you just pick up your laptop and walk over to
their desk and you work it out. Everyone has a smartphone,
so you can connect that way as well. There’s BlueWorks
and, of course, email, so we have a lot of ways and tools
to stay connected.”

Vitec Videocom is a global company that manufactures
and leases high-end camera equipment and accessories
to broadcasters, videographers and cinematographers
around the world. From cine-style commercial shoots to
CBS and BBC broadcasts, crews put their trust in Vitec
Videocom. Not only because they offer top of the line
products but also because they have the people and
service to back them up.
“As a manufacturing company with offices around the globe,
we depend on constant dialogue across departments,
offices and geographies to deliver on our strategic
goals,” says Head of Internal Communications, Lucky
Nepomuceno. “In basic day-to-day operations for instance,
Engineering, Manufacturing and Sales and Marketing need
to successfully communicate in order to produce products
and technologies that our customers need.”
One of the key internal messages of the company is
“courageous collaboration.” They encourage employees to
follow their passions and create collaborative networks
inside and outside the office in order to facilitate open
communication practices. Vitec Videocom provides
employees with the right tools and motivation to push
that collaboration forward.
“When employees have a clear understanding of the
company’s goals, it’s easier to support each other. They
also have to be comfortable with the collaboration tools
that they can use,” explains Nepomuceno. “Since we’re
such a diverse and geographically-dispersed company, we
make sure that our people have all the tools that they
need to work together, like our newly-upgraded web and
video conferencing software. Given the right mindset,
collaboration can happen anywhere. It’s our job to create
a supportive environment.”

With over 200 different brands and 9,400 employees in
numerous divisions and departments throughout the
country, The South African Breweries have mastered their
formula for collaboration in a big organizatio