The Cost Of Silos Isn't Obvious, Here's Why

Silos don't kill organisations dramatically. They bleed them slowly, one small task at a time. We talk about silo problems in grand terms. The product team building something the sales team can't sell. The finance team making cuts the operations team hears about last.Visible failures with clear owners and post-mortems. But that's not where most of the damage happens. Most of it happens in the thirty-minute task that takes eight hours. Here's a scenario that plays out in organisations...