…we don’t discuss connecting, caring, and cohering nearly as much. Part of that is that integration often falls on underrepresented and marginalized groups. These individuals know that organizations are not an idealized Venn diagram of “aligned incentives” glued together by meritocracy. They sense the cracks and the edges and want to help and support, and know if they don’t, no one will.
John Cutler, The Integrator Burden