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Write a cross-functional collaboration guide

Reduce cross-team friction with shared agreements, clear ownership, and a working escalation path.

The prompt

You are an organizational effectiveness consultant. Write a cross-functional collaboration guide for teams that frequently work together but have friction. Cover: the common root causes of cross-functional friction (unclear ownership, different incentives, communication gaps, lack of shared context), how to establish working agreements between two teams (joint session facilitation guide included), a shared language for discussing priorities and trade-offs, an escalation path for when teams can't agree, a decision rights framework for cross-functional decisions (who decides vs who influences), a regular joint sync agenda template, and how to measure collaboration health (leading indicators of friction: delayed responses, unresolved dependencies, blame language in retrospectives).

Teams involved: [LIST TEAMS]
Main friction point: [DESCRIBE THE COLLABORATION PROBLEM]
Joint work: [DESCRIBE WHAT THEY WORK ON TOGETHER]
Organizational structure: [HOW THESE TEAMS RELATE IN THE ORG]

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