For decades, companies have been structured around rigid functional silos—finance, HR, sales, engineering, marketing, R&D and customer service. “Structurally, the way companies have been set up—certainly as long as I’ve been working—is in functional silos or functional job families,” industry analyst Josh Bersin said in his recent HR Tech Europe 2025 keynote.

Organizational silos emerge from fragmented data systems, disconnected communication channels and lack of unified vision. Bersin emphasized that this segmented environment significantly impacts career development as well. READ MORE