At Google, you might have a team of 300 engineers, two dozen designers, 10 researchers and a handful of product and project managers. All unique humans with different opinions and ideas. All working together on enormously broad, complex problems. Clipping away at a speed of maximum velocity.

Given the scope, speed, team size and sheer messiness of human nature, this might sound like a recipe for disaster. But it’s actually intentional by design, a fine-tuned system based on a simple truth: cross-functional collaboration creates better products.

If Google can do it, why do so many of us struggle to work together across our teams? Vivian Sarratt, Head of UX Operations at Google, joins us to spill some of the secrets to success. Tune in to explore the complicated relationship of collaboration and strategies to make it work.