Finally a Cure for Silos..

Last week I was on the highway, driving to a workshop on Collaboration, when I passed a wide-load carrying - a silo. It was eerie..

So, it got me thinking...do large companies that manufacture agricultural silos suffer from - functional silos? I was seconds away from calling the kind folks at Bulk Process Equipment, Inc. to ask them, until I came across their FAQ's. Yes, they have the answer to the question 99% of all companies are struggling with:

Why doesn't bulk material flow from a hopper when it's supposed to?

Talk about coming at a problem from a new direction. Why did it take so long to actually ask people who specialize in silos for the answer?

If you're looking for a great read, a great book that just arrived on my desk is The Fiefdom Syndrome. It gives a new word, and new solutions to driving functional silos from organizations.