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How (and why) to let people fail
Warning: This, like most things, will involve a fair bit of projection.
I have some thoughts about collaboration.
While a lot of this is obvious and well accepted, I think there are some fine points worth elaborating on.
The obvious part is that people work better together when they believe they are trusted. Trust breeds initiative and independence. Distrust breeds resentment and inaction.
Consider the flip side of trust, for a moment.
A common way that people show distrust when collaborating is either micromanaging or just coming in behind someone and redoing their work.
If that demonstrates distrust then
It's not enough that you simply do trust someone else to get the benefits, you need to show it. I think this is the part that many people skip or ignore.
This is, of course, true in general.