Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/2593/Interdepartmental-Collaboration.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/2593/Interdepartmental-Collaboration.html This is an article about the struggles of organizations to collaborate. Many compete, rather than work together as teams. Many of the issues are caused by different goals and expectations and the impacts of competing leadership. Some straightforward solutions are offered. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/2593/XTeams-and-Team-Building-to-Improve-Organizational-Performance.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/2593/XTeams-and-Team-Building-to-Improve-Organizational-Performance.html X-Teams is a concept that strongly supports the idea that a team needs to look OUTSIDE the team in order to optimize its performance for long term impact. In this article, some common links to issues of collaboration and improvement are linked to a specific team building exercise, The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine and ideas for connecting play in a game to behavior in the workplace are discussed.