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IN

DEFENSE

OF

SILOS

Mat Roosa, ACSW, LCSW-R matroosa@gmail.com 315 727 4565

We need to get rid of organizational Silos, because…

The problem with Silos

• Poor hand-offs• Poor team work• Right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing• Lack of integration• Focus on functions, loss of big picture process.• “That’s not my job”• Isolation• Poor communications• Lack of trust

But are these problems caused by Silos?

Silos / Divisions are organic

They emerge as needed

The need for Infrastructure: Where would you be without your skeleton?

The Roof Can’t Hold Itself Up!

Infrastructural Divisions Improve…..

•Clarity of roles•Divisions of labor•Chain of command•Accountability•Allocation of resources

How do we maintain these organizing elements

&Also insure integrated

cross-departmental collaboration.

The Problem is not the SilosThe Problem is the lack of Flow

SILO Busting

A B C D

SILO Enhancement: increase Blood Flow

A B C D

Signs of poor organizational Blood flow• Divisions do not understand each others work/ mission/ role• Staff do not know people in other divisions.• Communications are up and over, instead of just over.

Enhancing Organizational blood flow

Quality by Design.

Team of Teams

Cross-divisional interdisciplinary

Teams

Inclusive & Transparent

project Communication

Share results, Celebrate Learning

Build culture to sustain

Project Teams

• Continuous Quality Improvement• Cross divisional• Interdisciplinary• Empowerment, autonomy

Communications Structures

• Inclusive• Transparent• Technology• Face to Face

Share results

• Celebrate success• Celebrate Learning

Sustain

• Build Culture• Sharing is our norm

From traditional Silos…

To TEAMS of TEAMS

Front Loaded, Teams by design,

not by default.

Fast Company

Mat Roosa

Mat Roosa

matroosa@gmail.com 315 727 4565