The Silo Effect
Why Every Organisation Needs to Disrupt Itself to Survive
$32.25
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2016
Summary
Ever since civilised society began, we have felt the need to classify, categorise and specialise. It can make things more efficient, and help give the leaders of any organisation a sense of confidence that they have the right people focusing on the right tasks. But it can also be catastrophic, leading to tunnel vision and tribalism. Most importantly it can create a structural fog, with the full picture of where an organisation is heading hidden from view. It is incredibly widespread: the chan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844087594 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 184408759X |
| Author: | Gillian Tett |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 25mm |
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Here’s a piece of advice: read The Silo Effect, if only because your boss may already be immersed in Gillian Tett’s latest study on how organisations can go badly awry. You would not want to be caught unawares, now, would you? Also, you might be missing something rather brilliant. Yes, honestly … Tett’s anthropological approach adds academic rigour and richness’ - The Times
A profound idea, richly analyzed - Wall Street Journal (Europe)Highly intelligent, enjoyable and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies. It is also genuinely important … her prescription for curing the pathological silo-isation of business and government is refreshingly unorthodox and, in my view, convincing - Financial TimesThis is not just a business book - The EconomistAbout The Author
Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett is Assistant Editor for the FINANCIAL TIMES where she has worked for fifteen 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.
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