Breaking down silos and getting people to work across disciplines, what we call “smarter collaboration,” leads to a host of demonstrable benefits ranging from faster innovation to stronger employee engagement. But just because it’s advantageous doesn’t mean it’s always practiced. Our decade-plus of research at Harvard has unearthed a range of common barriers. This post is the first in a series focused on breaking down those obstacles to smarter collaboration.

https://hbr.org/2022/02/leaders-dont-have-to-choose-between-compassion-and-performance