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The Hidden Productivity Cost of Organizational Silos
Lucas and Luna explore how organizational silos silently kill productivity. Lucas cites a McKinsey study showing that knowledge workers spend nearly 20% of their time searching for internal information or tracking down colleagues across departments—costing large companies tens of millions annually. They discuss why silos form, the specific inefficiencies they create (duplicated work, delayed decisions, misaligned incentives), and what companies like Spotify and Zappos have tried to break them. Luna pushes back on whether full cross-functional transparency is always ideal. The episode also…
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