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We seem to be 'lumbered with' Silos, but I think Office Buildings would be better.
The problem with silos, is that it places too much emphasis on the divisions, and not enough on the connections. Most people seem to agree that more balanced and coherent behaviour is the objective, and the office buildings model allows for more subtlety. Each department occupies one office, and importantly the people in that department 'see the world' through their window: this - that different professions 'view and perceive the world differently' - is a major problem for the achievement of joined-up behaviour, and it is easier to consider using the office buildings model.
The offices are connected: they each have a door, and a phone - but, they also have these different views of the world, depending on the outlook provided by their particular window.
Not Silos but Office Buildings
We seem to be 'lumbered with' Silos, but I think Office Buildings would be better.
The problem with silos, is that it places too much emphasis on the divisions, and not enough on the connections. Most people seem to agree that more balanced and coherent behaviour is the objective, and the office buildings model allows for more subtlety. Each department occupies one office, and importantly the people in that department 'see the world' through their window: this - that different professions 'view and perceive the world differently' - is a major problem for the achievement of joined-up behaviour, and it is easier to consider using the office buildings model.
The offices are connected: they each have a door, and a phone - but, they also have these different views of the world, depending on the outlook provided by their particular window.
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