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Team Dynamics & Cross-Functional Work
Working with operations, finance, procurement; navigating silos.
10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026
Energy management touches every part of an organisation, so the energy leader must work across boundaries - with operations, finance, procurement, IT, and more. Navigating these cross-functional relationships, and the silos that divide them, is essential to getting anything done.
In this lesson
- 01Energy crosses every boundary
- 02The problem of silos
- 03Working across functions
- 04Aligning incentives
- 05Leading without managing
- 06Building the energy team
- 07Sources and further reading