Collaborate and promote visibility

The activities in an organization need the collaboration of different teams and persons in that organization. About the concept “silos” is before explained. Silos are against the collaboration but it’s not just some individuals’ personality and working manner that makes silos. Mostly silos are the result of the organizational structure and its functional processes. Therefore, the organization should be so organized to be able to avoid silos.

In another way, the concept of visibility plays an important role in the organization. The teams and individuals in the organization should act visible, so the other teams and individuals will be cooperative with them. Working in isolated groups without interaction and visibility to other groups and units will be followed by a lack of information, understanding and trust between teams. To achieve efficiency in the organization, the processes and functions should been so planned that the maximum visibilty will be received.

Whom to collaborate with 

Collaboration is defined between all stakeholders and when it comes to stakeholders, costumers, users, internal or external teams, suppliers, etc. are meant. Even customers with other customers could collaborate or suppliers with each other.

Communication for improvement 

Every type of stakeholders need to be communicated using different tools, and the level of communication differs for each stakeholder. Therefore, efficient tools, techniques, and levels of communications should be planned and implemented.

Increasing urgency through visibility 

If stakeholders don’t have enough information about the work and improvements, the importance of them could be decreased. so they should be informed about the effects of the work and improvements to organization.

Applying the principle 

To apply this principle successfully, note these advices:

• Collaboration is different from convincing everyone involved and also different from making all collaborated groups happy. 
• The methods and tools of communication are different for each stakeholder. The right method or tool should be used. 
• Decisions should be made based on reliable information.