<\/a>This is where the illustration of a synapse may come in handy. A synapse is, of course, a place where two nerves meet and pass information along to where it’s needed and intended for. The nerve endings do not actually touch each other. There is a gap between the ends of the nerves and this gap is what is called the synapse. It is bathed in what is known as synaptic fluid and acts as a sort of liquid electrolyte, providing a continuous channel for the signal to get passed on. If departments or divisions within an organization recognize that they ought to operate with each other in a similar way as nerves do, might not inter-departmental work become a lot more productive? Remember, words have the power to influence our thoughts and actions, so do use the words you want, and to which you aspire.<\/span><\/p>\nThere is also the phenomenon of individual cardiac muscle cells observed to contract rhythmically or “beat” according to their own rhythm when in isolation. However, when individual cardiac muscle cells are brought into close proximity with each other, their “beats” start to become synchronized within a few minutes! Wouldn’t it be great if new staff could behave in a similar fashion where “hitting the ground running” is concerned? It is only when your systems are very well integrated that “groupthink” can be drastically reduced, for only then would you have spare resources to really think strategically and creatively.<\/span><\/p>\nFar-fetched, you think? Perhaps not. Start thinking of your organization as a living organism instead of just an organization, and you’ll be well on your way to greater synergy, productivity and much better profitability!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Malm’s blog\u00a0of 09 Feb 2013 mentioned silos and synapses, and immediately sparked off this post. When “silo” is thrown your way, what comes to your mind? Do you have negative feelings? Well, “silos” and structures resembling “silos” are actually pretty essential in many instances. If our esophagi (gullets) and tracheae (windpipes) didn’t function in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,361,11,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/synapse.jpg?fit=504%2C281&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2EiEv-EG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10867,"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions\/10867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}