Collaborating Better Across Silos

HBR IdeaCast

• Episode: Collaborating Better Across Silos
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• Duration: 00:18:46
• Published: 2017-01-05 23:06

Harvard Law School lecturer Heidi K. Gardner discusses how firms gain a competitive edge when specialists collaborate across functional boundaries. But it’s often difficult, expensive, and messy. The former McKinsey consultant is the author of the new book, “Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos.”