The article explores how collaborations between different sectors can benefit from being able to both explore new knowledge and exploit existing knowledge. By studying a transportation collaboration, the researchers found that these collaborations can indeed be ambidextrous, meaning they can both innovate and perform well in the long run. They identified factors both within and outside the collaboration that help enable this ambidexterity. This suggests that cross-sector collaborations can improve their ability to address complex public problems by developing ambidextrous capabilities.