I’ve noticed an increasingly worrying trend in the industry of specialisation and silos at the expense of collaboration, shared responsibility and valuable outcomes.

There are many reasons for this, from organisational structures that reinforce hierarchy and power, to incentives and rewards that encourage individualistic behaviour and uncertainty and change. This trend is creating silos, across organisations and departments, between roles, and even in teams.

In this talk, I will explore some common anti-patterns that I have seen in different organisations and the problems that those anti-patterns create, then share some approaches and techniques to break those silos down to work together better.