From the course: Leading and Working in Teams
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Working across boundaries and silos
From the course: Leading and Working in Teams
Working across boundaries and silos
- Teaming often means reaching across boundaries. Organizational silos, locations, to get things done. Let's take a look at an example of teaming across boundaries to accomplish the seemingly impossible. On August 5, 2010, more than half a million tons of rock caved in suddenly, completely blocking the entrance to the San Jose Copper Mine in Chile. Mining accidents are unfortunately very common, but this one was unprecedented for several reasons. The distance of the miners from the Earth's surface, the sheer number of miners trapped, and the hardness of the rock just to name a few. 33 men were buried alive 700 meters under rock harder than granite. Estimates of the possibility of finding anyone alive were put at less than one percent. Most of you will already know that within 70 days all 33 miners were rescued. What happened during those 70 days was an extraordinary teaming effort, involving hundreds of individuals spanning physical, organizational, cultural, geographic, and…
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