Patrick Lencioni’s newest work, Silos, Politics and Turf Wars may as well have been written as a sales collateral for PositiveWare. From the concept of thematic goal to defining objectives to standard operating objectives, the book articulates themes that are reflected in PositiveWare architecture.

The book, developed as fiction like Lencioni’s other works, makes the point that because of the silos, politics and turf wars that exist in organizations, these organizations stuggle to succeed, retain employees, and stay viable. Breaking down these barriers is as simple as uniting executives and staff under a thematic goal and identifying the defining objectives that define success for this goal. By identifying the standard operating objectives for the business as well, all relevant goals for the firm are identified.

The mechanism for identifying the goal is as simple as asking an executive team questions like: “ What is the one thing that has to happen for this business to be successful over the next (quarter, year.) Achieving agreement on this goal as well as the defining objectives then sets a clear path forward that the entire organization can follow.

In this example I have used PositiveWare’s configurable terminology to show exactly how PositiveWare can be used to implement the ideas in the book. The specific example is from Case Study #1 in the book, regarding the merger of two pharmaceutical firms.

Thanks to Jim Franklin of Decisioneering for bringing this book to our attention.

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