‘The Silo Effect,’ by Gillian Tett
She spends a chapter on the Cleveland Clinic, with 40,000 employees, and never quotes a nurse. Her chapter on Sony is told almost entirely from the perspective of its former C.E.O.
.. Maybe Stringer’s interpretation of events is accurate, maybe not, but Tett’s reliance on his point of view is equivalent to Bourdieu trying to solve the mystery of his village’s unmarried men by interviewing the local mayor.
.. “The word ‘silo’ does not just refer to a physical structure or organization (such as a department),” Tett writes. “It can also be a state of mind. Silos exist in structures. But they exist in our minds and social groups too. Silos breed tribalism.