A version of this article appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of strategy+business. In today’s globally interconnected, fast-paced business environment, nearly every important initiative — whether it’s ...

The most simple definition of cross-functional teams (or CFTs) is groups that are made up of people from different functional areas within a company—marketing, engineering, sales, and human resources, ...

Workplace teams are often classified or divided by objective. Both self-managed and cross-functional teams are commonly found in an organization. Other types of teams include problem-solving teams, ...

While most of us involved in product design and delivery will agree that innovation is complex, we all have different reasons as to why it’s so hard. My theory? Successful innovation must involve ...

Specialists tend to stick close to their area of expertise — that’s true at my company, too. The insurance industry is full of particulars, and we don’t expect our development team to be an authority ...

Increasingly, corporations and larger "small businesses" incorporate talent from among several different department areas to achieve specific goals. It's a little bit like The Justice League, where ...