Question: What keeps us from growing and makes us vulnerable in times of economic downturn?
Answer: Low IQ!
This is equally true for a whole industry as it is for individual players. Protectionist behavior and lack of interoperability kills innovation and frustrates customers. TAUS has been fighting for industry collaboration and open sharing in the translation industry for several years now. So it was very gratifying to read the article by Michael Schrage in The Financial Times (February 5) about the interoperability quotient (IQ) as a measurement for innovation. How closely this applies to the translation industry!
