silo
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈsaɪloʊ/
- Jargon
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silo
- The economy is set up around silos, and people are loyal to their silos.
- break down silos
- regulatory silos
In most companies they are in silos and they are not together.
- In most companies they are in silos and they are not together.
- So we're in our silos a little bit more, right.
- And he and his colleagues start creating the silos of business that still exist today, right?
- And, and, and but then then everybody gets in their their silos and it's just it.
- And then finally S is we must stop working in silos.
- We're all self selecting our information silos.
- This isn't just Abraham X Kendy, not, you know, talking in some silo.
- It's just it was in one silo in my head, you know, under stuff that happened then.
- And also in terms of breaking down not just silos between divisions, but also hierarchies inside the organization.
- I think whether it's figuratively or literally, you need to pull people out of these old silos that might exist in a small or large company, right?
- But I think the challenge is that for so long we've been trying to deal with our health in silos.
- But the, the, the point that I'm trying to make is that there are so many silos out there that it's very hard to get your news unfiltered.
- And we we go to work in the background, there are people in silos who are rehearsing to turn that key.
- Part of what's happened is the term that's used as information silo.
Examples
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Companies that profitably manufacture in the U.S. do not operate in silos.
Academic text (2012) -
We believe we can avoid the fate of information silos by building a "Social Layer" in the enterprise architecture.
Blog text (8) -
It's just it was in one silo in my head, you know, under stuff that happened then.
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So starting here on the silo makes sense.
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A second goal was to minimize "subject silo" behaviors.
Academic text (2012) -
So we're in our silos a little bit more, right.
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I was in a school that had not developed silos because it was a new school.
Academic text (2015) -
Many government offices operate in silos of their own with very little communication with other departments.
Blog text (13) -
"For years, this information has existed in silos, and it's time to take a more holistic approach."
Academic text (2007) -
In many organizations, teams often work in silos, making it difficult to share information across departments.
Synonyms
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7.5
Keeping groups separate so people do not share information or work together
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Silo is often used as a picture for how teams or departments keep things apart because farm silos hold their own grain and do not share. So when a company works in silos, it means its parts keep information separate and do not share well.