silos

While their use is still largely limited to less-than-mission-critical purposes, online social networking services are becoming more popular for business purposes.
Much of the current emphasis seems to focus on limited application to businesses systemically rather approaches seem to be limited to “silos” of thinking related to recruitment and branding.

Jumping around from one network to another, reading one blog then going to another and jumping back and forth to your email client seems like a waste of time and technology. The push for “open” is surrounding us yet the silos of information and connectivity remain. Or do they?
This week we witnessed the [...]

Ever since the web appeared people and businesses have found ways to use it for numerous purposes. Technical engineers have created hundreds of thousands lines of code aimed at creating functionality and features to enhance the web. Over time all this code has created an environment of silos of connectivity and functionality.

In the Web 2.0 [...]

Jumping around from one network to another, reading one blog then going to another and jumping back and forth to your email client seems like a waste of time and technology. The push for “open” is surrounding us yet the silos of information and connectivity remain. Or do they?
This week we witnessed the [...]

The expression “silos of information” is typically applied to management systems where the focus is inward and information communication is vertical. Critics of silos contend that managers serve as information gatekeepers, making timely coordination and communication among departments difficult to achieve, and seamless interoperability with external parties impractical.

The expression “silos of information” is typically applied to management systems where the focus is inward and information communication is vertical. Critics of silos contend that managers serve as information gatekeepers, making timely coordination and communication among departments difficult to achieve, and seamless interoperability with external parties impractical.

Our little abode sits in the middle of Fieldstone Farms, a large Planned Unit Development in Franklin, Tennessee.

Tony Morgan of Tony Morgan Live has a great post on the Four Hour Work Week, which he gives twelve quotes from his biggest takeaways from the book. I’ll take my five favorites that really hit hope for me and add two of my own:

Asking your congregation or audience what their felt needs are and where they are, robust listening, and not

Tony Morgan of Tony Morgan Live has a great post on the Four Hour Work Week, which he gives twelve quotes from his biggest takeaways from the book.  I’ll take my five favorites that really hit hope for me and add two of my own:

Asking your congregation or audience what their felt needs are and where they are, robust listening, and no

As a follow up to my post on silos (and how EMI can't and shouldn't do too much to bring some of the down), here's a quote from New Improved Plan Resonate Blog that comments on a Wall Street Journal article on EMI's restructuring. I couldn't agree more with this post: