21. October 2019

Interdisciplinary cooperation promotes the reduction of silo mentality

Silo mentality represents one of the central obstacles in the innovation process. Companies that have successfully anchored an open innovation culture place regular innovations on the market. To this end, employees must be actively encouraged to distribute their knowledge across departmental boundaries within the company and thus exploit synergy potential. Interdisciplinary cooperation promotes the reduction of silo mentality and at the same time, strengthens access to implicit knowledge in the organization.