The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers - Softcover

"In"The Silo Effect" she applies her anthropologist's lens to the problem of why so many organizations still suffer from a failure to communicate. It's a profound idea, richly analyzed."-- The Wall Street Journal

"The Silo Effect comes across in print much as Tett comesacross in person--sharp, insightful, and concise. And the book...is an excellentattempt to help both organizations and individuals figure out how to harnessthe benefits of specialization without creating tunnelvision."--Strategy+Business

"The Silo Effect comes across in print much as Tett comes across in person--sharp, insightful, and concise. And the book, which is informed as much by her training as an academic anthropologist as by her experience covering the global financial crisis, is an excellent attempt to help both organizations and individuals figure out how to harness the benefits of specialization without creating tunnel vision."--Strategy+Business

Praise for THE SILO EFFECT

"Highly intelligent, enjoyable and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies. It is also genuinely important, because her prescription for curing the pathological silo-isation of business and government isr efreshingly unorthodox and, in my view, convincing." --Financial Times

"'Silo'has become a cliché among management consultants--and executives trying to hang onto their jobs by speaking the language of the au courant--but Tett gives the metaphor life in her engaging, case-study-filled new book." --New York Post

"In "The Silo Effect" she applies her anthropologist's lens to the problem of why so many organizations still suffer from a failure to communicate. It's a profound idea, richly analyzed."--The Wall Street Journal

"Highly intelligent, enjoyable and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies. It is also genuinely important, because her prescription for curing the pathological silo-isation of business and government is refreshingly unorthodox and, in my view, convincing."--Financial Times

"'Silo' has become a cliché among management consultants--and executives trying to hang onto their jobs by speaking the language of the au courant--but Tett gives the metaphor life in her engaging, case-study-filled new book."--New York Post

"A complex topic and lively writing make this an enjoyable call to action for better integration within organizations."--Publishers Weekly

Gillian Tett oversees global coverage of the financial markets for the Financial Times, the world's leading newspaper covering finance and business. In 2007 she was awarded the Wincott prize, the premier British award for financial journalism, and in 2008 was named British Business Journalist of the Year. Tett is the author of Saving the Sun: How Wall Street Mavericks Shook Up Japan's Financial World and Made Billions and The Silo Effect: Ordered Chaos, the Peril of Expertise, and the Power of Breaking Down Barriers.