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SLIDE 2 Gillian Tett
Financial Times
Silos, Silences and Diversity
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= Classification We all classify but the way we do so is determined by our Education/Culture
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The problem with silos is…
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…they are not just about grain!
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Silos can be structural…
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…silos can be mental...
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…silos can be social: a fishbowl?
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They stop innovation…at places like Sony
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They hurt finance companies...like UBS
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They hurt professions…like economists
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What can we learn from Facebook?
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What can we learn from Cleveland Clinic?
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What can we learn from firefighting?
SLIDE 15 How to breaking down silos
- Keep the boundaries of teams flexible
- Use cultural translators
- Turn your mental map upside down
- Use technology to connect
- Create space to wander and collide
- Think about social silences
- Ask: How would you look at your world as an insider‐outsider…
(or Martin or anthropologist)
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Women and Diversity Inclusion as silo‐busters?