#🌱 #🟠 # Bridging silos ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Nov 01, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 02, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Leadership MOC]] In my work, both in the nonprofit sector and in healthcare, I couldn't help but notice a tendency to operate in silos. There were frequent conversations about "getting out of our silos" or "breaking down the silos." It's a popular sentiment, but what if that is the wrong approach? In a blog post titled "Save the Silos!" Mark Vanderklipp shared an insight from a patient experience leader who said: > [!quote] > Everyone talks about 'breaking down silos' in an organization. But silos were designed for a reason: to protect the contents so that they can serve their intended purpose. Rather than breaking them down, which would lead to chaos and loss, we need to focus on building better bridges between them. Vanderklipp suggests [[Collective Impact]] as a model for building bridges between the silos in an organization to improve the understanding and experience of individuals who navigate within it. Having been involved in the formation of a Collective Impact initiative I can attest to its power in enabling large-scale social change. But it cannot be fully realized if leaders from the various siloed organizations or departments are embedded in their own organizational frames. In my experience, Collective Impact efforts are particularly susceptible to the limitations Carey identifies in his descriptions of the political and rational frames. ## Sources [[Heraclitean Fire - Carey 1999]] [Save the Silos!](https://www.connect-cx.com/blog/2018/6/29/save-the-silos)