05/19/2021

Three Keys to a Better Post-pandemic Culture

Silos have likely become canyons

Remember all the concern in organizations about silos? Then along came the pandemic.

“If there were silos before, they’re canyons now,” said Maddie Grant, cofounder of the association and workplace consultancy Propel. Grant and Propel’s other cofounder, Jamie Notter, have seen that associations have been able to manage through the essentials of keeping things running. But remote offices tend to erode opportunities for collaboration, Notter said. So, those silos are still standing.

“You can’t have informal, casual, spur-of-the-moment conversations, and I think people have underestimated the value of those,” Notter said. “They didn’t realize how much information they got passively by being in the office... From a culture point of view, they’ve had to make a decision: Are we going to slow down our decision making, or are we going to include fewer people? That’s the choice, and you don’t get to do both.”

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