My department got merged with another team and now we're supposed to collaborate but both sides are protecting their turf and pretending integration is going smoothly. The managers keep emphasizing 'one team' while the underlying competition gets worse.
More people experience this than they realize.
Structural changes don't automatically resolve the human dynamics that make true collaboration difficult.
“Where Are You with Confucian benevolence and social harmony?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.