Commercial businesses and governmental departments can be some of the largest and most diverse organisations in any county. No matter the strengths of its internal capability there can never be enough expertise and enough flexibility in staffing to cover all its activities and transformational projects. This is where the benefits of external suppliers and collaborations can come in.

The natural and unmanaged formation of groups and sub-cultures in companies, as in broader society, is a well-established human behaviour, leading to many social and intellectual benefits. The diffusion and generation of information and ideas with other people, and connecting those that share an interest or view.