They also help to change the culture that constructed these barriers, as employees will influence their managers to take a different view of working together. In the Academy's experience, too, many of these concerns are often unfounded and are associated with traditions handed down from employee/manager to employee/manager without anyone really questioning matters. Partnering for the purpose of skills development makes sense just like any other kinds of collaborative initiatives, and this is in fact the guiding principle of the Experiences Academy.