The Architecture of Ownership: Dismantling Personal Silos at Work

Podcast: The OWN IT Podcast with Nicole Hollar · Nicole Hollar

Opublikowano: 2026-09-15

This episode discusses Nicole Hollar’s article, “Who told you that wasn’t your job?” from her blog (www.nicolehollar.com/blog), which explores the psychological and behavioral reasons why individuals often avoid responsibility at work by claiming a task is not their job. While corporate silos are frequently blamed for poor collaboration, Nicole argues that these barriers are actually constructed through individual choices and a desire for personal comfort over professional influence. By choosing silence or disengagement, employees trade their personal agency for a lack of friction, which eventually solidifies into a stagnant company culture. She emphasize...