Do you want to develop and sustain new audiences? Then cross-functional collaboration is essential.
Here is a great post from Know-your-own-Bone about it:
4 Trends That Cannot Be Delegated To Departments Within Cultural Organizations
These trends are:
1) Integrating market research is not up to the Marketing Department
2) Achieving diversity and inclusion is not up to the Human Resources Department
3) Underscoring your mission is not the sole responsibility of the Education or Programs Departments
4) Securing philanthropic support cannot be achieved solely by the Development or Membership Departments
I am sure you can name more examples – leave a comment if you have any thoughts.