Thank you Harold for framing our mind around this topic.

I do agree you are making sense, but I disagree on the words meaning and usage and suggest we "cooperate" to create a better wording.

Cooperate means Operating together, Act Jointly.
Collaborate means Working together, Work Jointly.
the Collaboration formula is Connect * Care * Challenge * Commit, and requires a high level of development from the members of an organisation.

More the organisations evolve from Tribes to Networks, more we need to develop Collaborative capabilities. But Cooperation is sufficient for Tribes.

To articulate the concept of sharing thru a network or a networked organisation, I propose "ProLaboration" meaning working for the all, or or Cosharing meaning Sharing together.

Any feedback?

Cheers.
Jerome