# Institutions vs. collaboration

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2005
- Speaker: Clay Shirky
- Year: 2005
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_institutions_vs_collaboration)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.

## Lectures

1. [Institutions vs. collaboration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/clay_shirky_institutions_vs_collaboration/80e41997eecd), 21 min (TED's player)