“Collaboration, governing-by-network, public-private partnerships, shared authority — whatever you call it, it’s a hot topic in government circles. … But is collaboration the right solution in every case? Is it readily achievable? Not necessarily, says a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota led by Professor John Bryson.” This Governing contribution from IBM Center for The Business of Government Executive Director Jonathan D. Breul describes key findings and lessons from  a case study of a successful cross-sector collaboration targeting traffic congestion in the Twin Cities metro area — including understanding past efforts to address the problem at hand, developing effective governance, and more.