If there's a theme to this month's issue, it's collaboration. It seems we at Cincinnati Children's like working together, and that helps make great things happen.

People notice this about us when they come to visit. It sets us apart from other organizations and makes smart, talented and creative individuals want to come to work here too. In fact, we've even included this characteristic as part of Our Expectations that we will work as one Cincinnati Children's to Pursue Our Potential Together.

You can learn more about our collaborative spirit—how it developed, where it's brought us and what it looks like in action—by checking out the stories about our efforts to vaccinate employees against COVID-19 and the fate-altering relationship we forged with the UC College of Medicine a century ago.

May these examples inspire us to reach out to others and discover strengths we don't even know we have.