Finger-Pointing
on 1st March 2020
One of the more debilitating aspects of silos is the blame game. When a given group is responsible (or held accountable – but let’s keep that distinction for another time) for only one aspect or step of a project or process, then they will optimise that particular aspect. They have no investment in the complete picture. Hence the idea that – in knowledge-work – cross-functional teams may have some value 😉