Working Silo

Behaviors that promote or hinder lean thinking...
for your pleasure and use to highlight observed behaviors

Your Product Pillar The Leader The Partner The Feature Factory Team Fresh Manager The Analytical One The Rookie The Know-it All Sprinting Team The 'Star' Working Silo Linear Team The Enterpreneur The Agency The Rock Star The 'Dreamer' Strategic amigos FOMO work

THE INITIATOR

I've completed the final solution we'll use

THE INITIATOR

NEUTRAL

Rushing towards solution!
You will get a solution that works, at the expense of no collaboration or further alignment
Solution might not be the optimal or the best

Manage THE INITIATOR THE INITIATOR

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HIPPOPOTAMUS

I know best what we should do, I've build this company/product!

HIPPOPOTAMUS

NEUTRAL

Confidence in experience and expertise
Decision based on intuition and not data/feedback
Leads decisively based on knowledge

Manage HIPPOPOTAMUS HIPPOPOTAMUS

THE SILO

We don't need help defining a solution, we'll announce tasks to everybody

THE SILO

🚩 RED FLAG

Lack of cross-functional collaboration
Limits visibility into work
Can lead to misalignment and isolated decision-making

Manage THE SILO THE SILO

Working Silos define specs, solution, and implementation tasks on their own. The might assign tasks to other people but never engage them in decision making or explaining the why. It's best to match Working Silos with people that like sync and collaboration.

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