Ten simple rules to ruin a collaborative environment

The ideas contained in this work were developed during two virtual meetings of members of the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI; www.ag2pi.org) community and leadership team in May and June of 2021. Schedule the social, or “soft” sciences and public impact, communications, and outreach discussions for late in the day; the real science topics will have been fully vetted by then so the real scientists can catch that early flight home: leave the soft stuff for the “others.” Should a team member provide allegations of sexual misconduct or harassment, do not take action or inform the proper authorities. [...]they often identify more novel approaches, see greater breakthroughs, and provide a competitive edge over other teams.