General Motors (NYSE:GM) CEO Mary Barra says that the company's new headquarters in Detroit would help foster collaboration across teams.

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Bringing People Together

The CEO shared that the new HQ, which is significantly smaller than the automaker's previous headquarters, the "Renaissance Center." The previous HQ was also in Detroit and was first built in the 1970s by crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F).

Barra shared that the move would enable better collaboration across the automaker's teams by bringing "people closer together," The Detroit News reported on Monday. The CEO also outlined that the massive scale of the “RenCen” wasn't ideal for collaboration.

The report also suggests that the move had been planned even before remote work became mainstream following the COVID-19 pandemic. "Particularly, in a post-pandemic world, you need ...