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Antipattern #10 · clarity · p. 83
Entrenching Silos
A focus on the flow of value, from idea to customer, breaks through bottlenecks.
The Tin Man Behavior
Addressing local inefficiencies in their vertical silos instead of global ones to improve overarching delivery of customer value.
The Results
- ·Slow time-to-market despite busy individual departments
- ·Unpredictable delivery timelines that frustrate customers
- ·Market opportunities missed due to slow organizational responsiveness
How Octopus Organizations Behave Instead
- ↳They create cross-functional teams that focus on overall flow over departmental efficiency.
- ↳They work backward from customer outcomes to determine optimization priorities.
- ↳They build in organizational slack to maintain resilience.