It is an oft repeated maxim for the modern business world that collaboration is the new competitive advantage. As teams become more important than individuals, organizations across the globe are grappling with the problem of how to develop feelings of collaboration. To instill such feelings of empathy, it is best to find common themes of interest to the people concerned as Google has successfully introduced. An example can be drafted from the First World War where British and German troops during Christmas momentarily forged ties based on the festival and its carols to forget wartime hostilities. Tech firms Zappos and Slack have realigned their talent recruitment drives around collaboration with teamwork the common theme screened for during interviews.

Source:https://hbr.org/2016/12/to-make-a-team-more-effective-find-their-commonalities?referral=00563&cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-daily_alert-_-alert_date&utm_source=newsletter_daily_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert_date&spMailingID=16108114&spUserID=OTY0OTMwNTk5NwS2&spJobID=921170991&spReportId=OTIxMTcwOTkxS0