• silo, silo, it’s off to work we go

    original publish date: 15th April, 2010

    decades on …

    This has got ‘Special Projects’ written all over it.

    I guess they’ll find out soon enough.

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    FTE #1: We’re struggling to get the online shop integrated with the legacy billing system. Any advice?

    FTE #2: No idea. We’re creating a new marketing campaign targeting young singles. Any thoughts?

    FTE #1: None. Do you know why they insisted we work together?

    FTE #2: Haven’t got a clue.

    Caption: “Working in silos” sounds bad until you realise that people in other departments aren’t much help.