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The Silo Effect

Why putting everything in its place isn't such a bright idea

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The Silo Effect

By: Gillian Tett
Narrated by: Eilidh L. Beaton
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Summary

In The Silo Effect, award-winning journalist Gillian Tett examines the structural development of institutions such as UBS, Sony and the Bank of England. While the world is increasingly interlinked in some senses, it remains profoundly fragmented in others.

As organisations become larger and more global than ever before, they are apt to be divided and sub-divided into numerous different departments to facilitate productivity. However, there is a trap to the inevitability of these silos. The tunnel vision and tribalism that silos can lead to makes groups less innovative and can lead to disastrous mistakes.

Institutions worldwide are made up of silos operating in isolation from one another. The Silo Effect is an eye-opening account that takes a radical anthropological approach in suggesting how we might draw them back together.

Gillian Tett is Assistant Editor for the Financial Times where she has worked for 15 years. In 2008, she won the British Press Award for the Financial Journalist of the Year. She often appears on programmes such as Today and Newsnight and lectures widely.

©2015 Gillian Tett (P)2015 Audible, Ltd Economics Organisational Behaviour Sociology Theory Workplace & Organisational Behaviour Banking Business Taxation Capitalism Management
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I liked the story of Cosgrove from the Cleveland Clinic the most, as it resonated the most with my line of work. A well researched book, thought provoking stories, delivered well by the narrator, Eilidh Beaton.

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