You wouldn’t think a small business could experience silos and develop organizational myopia, but it can happen.
My wife and I also own an equestrian facility called Fine Print Farms. After reading Overcoming Organizational Myopia, it can be easy to spot silos as well as identify whether they’re causing myopia in any business.
Fine Print Farms only has about 12 employees, but distinctly different groups exist: Owners and Employees; Barn Management; Property Management; Office Management; and Trainers. These “silos” exist because that’s how we organize and effectively manage operations at the farm.
Myopia sets in when these silos stop working together to achieve the mission and only focus on their own areas. These silos must work together to be effective and sometimes what they do might work against each other.
This book teaches how to identify the root causes of organizational myopia and deal with it.