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Silos don’t just happen in highly specialised organisations. They’re built in from the start. You hire people for deep expertise. Then you structure the organisation around that expertise. In pharma, it’s Medical, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Sales, Market Research, Finance etc. In government, it’s Policy alongside functional domains. In science-based organisations, it’s entire teams organised by discipline. And then people act surprised when silos form; though I'm not sure