Physical silos are great for storing grain. Corporate silos—when teams become isolated from one another, never sharing information or interacting—are a pervasive problem in tech, especially when it comes to projects that need as much transparency as possible to succeed.
However, silos are sometimes hard to spot, especially if you’re working virtually. From a management perspective, one way to break these silos down is to encourage cross-collaboration among teams and departments to ensure everyone is on the same page. That means being proactive about ensuring teams hear and address all ideas and concerns.