Title The silo effect : why putting everything in its place isn't such a bright idea / Gillian Tett

Published London : Little, brown, 2015 London : Little, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2015 ©2015

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Description xii, 290 pages ; 24 cm regular print Contents Introduction: Bloomberg's skunkworks -- Part one: Silos. The nondancers: how anthropology can illuminate silos ; Octopus pots: how silos crush innovation ; When gnomes go blind: how silos conceal risks ; Russian dolls: how silos create tunnel vision -- Part two: Silo busters. Gun-toting geeks: how individuals can silo-bust their lives ; (Re)writing social code: how to keep silos fluid ; Flipping the lens: how doctors tried not to behave like economists ; Bucket-busting: how breaking down silos can produce profits -- Conclusion: Connecting the dots Summary From ideas about how to organize office spaces and lead teams of people with disparate expertise, Tett lays bare the silo effect and explains how people organize themselves, interact with each other, and imagine the world can take hold of an organization and lead from institutional blindness to twenty-twenty vision Notes Scheduled to be published August 2015 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Communication in organizations. Organization. Organizational effectiveness. Teams in the workplace. ISBN 1844087573 1844087581 9781844087570 9781844087587 (paperback)

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