Very thought provoking piece. > Basically all forms of collaboration become a slog when there’s no “us” in team. Unfortunately, the contradiction at the heart

Very thought provoking piece. > Basically all forms of collaboration become a slog when there’s no “us” in team. Unfortunately, the contradiction at the heart of this 19th century approach to division of labour is that, when applied to knowledge work, the value to each participant of being in meetings is minimised, while the necessity for each participant to be in a meeting is maximised. And finally put into words why meetings are such important but painful activities. The balkanisation issue mentioned is associated with silos. After division and creation of fiefdoms, silos are creating to maintain control but to the detriment of other groups. Great piece, author has some great writing!