"Any organization embedded in a larger organization or community needs to invest to a certain degree in
establishing the right kind of social relationships to maintain this embeddedness. Incentives must be
aligned, and both parties must also recognize this alignment. We did not invest enough in university
politics and sociality to form a long-term stable relationship with our faculty.
There also needs to be an understanding of how to communicate across organizational communities.
When epistemic and communicative practices diverge too much, misunderstandings proliferate. Several
times we made serious missteps in our communications with other parts of the university because we
misunderstood how the message would be received. Finding friendly local translators and bridgebuilders
is important."
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