Can we ever kill silo thinking? (Likely not.)

Don't hold your breath here.

Here's a fun fact: Machiavelli actually predicted business silos in 1513, and you can argue silo thinking has been normative since.

You probably don't need a definition. But in case you do: marketing only really cares about marketing and distrusts sales and IT. Operations loves operations language and people, but won't collaborate with HR.

There are two b…