Reconnecting Your Silos: A Roadmap to Success
38mIntermediate2022-08-17
Authors

Sam Yankelevitch
Author, Trainer, International Conference Speaker
Course details
If you want to keep your organization on point, you need to make sure you’re connecting interdependent functions. In this course, instructor Sam Yankelevitch helps you use the power of A3 thinking to solve silos, one of the biggest threats to the success of your organization.
Explore the need for interdependent functions to work together and find out why silos cause so many problems. Learn how silos form, what fuels them, and how to reconnect them instead of tearing them down. Sam walks you through the eight steps of the A3 process to illustrate the full benefits of including diverse points of view through cross-functional participation. Learn about developing respect, focus, collaboration, communication, and team alignment. Upon completing this course, you’ll be ready to use A3 thinking to help align vertical and horizontal silos for continuous process improvement.
Explore the need for interdependent functions to work together and find out why silos cause so many problems. Learn how silos form, what fuels them, and how to reconnect them instead of tearing them down. Sam walks you through the eight steps of the A3 process to illustrate the full benefits of including diverse points of view through cross-functional participation. Learn about developing respect, focus, collaboration, communication, and team alignment. Upon completing this course, you’ll be ready to use A3 thinking to help align vertical and horizontal silos for continuous process improvement.
Skills covered
Organizational LeadershipOperations ManagementProject ManagementBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The impact of silos on your business
- 02 - What are business silos
1. Silos in Business
- 03 - How silos form in business
- 04 - Why reconnecting silos makes more sense than tearing them down
- 05 - How each step in A3 helps reconnect silos
2. Using A3 Thinking
- 06 - Improve communication and collaboration with A3 thinking
- 07 - Lead effective meetings with A3
- 08 - Drive systemic problem-solving with A3
- 09 - Build decision-making capacity with A3
- 10 - Share lessons learned vertically and horizontally with A3
3. Using A3 to Connect Your Silos
- 11 - A3 thinking helps sustain alignment
- 12 - An A3 case study
Conclusion
- 13 - We are interdependent