Working in Silos Becomes the Norm When Merit Systems Are Shunned

By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

August 2021 PICKING ON THE PAST
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RECENTLY, FORMER INTERNATIONAL Trade and Industry minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz entertained Malaysia with her comment that the idea that Malaysians like working in silos was not really accurate since silos are places huge enough for significant things to happen. Chimneys, she thinks, is a better description of the country’s professional preference to keep things opaque and disconnected. Synergy, for all its proven efficacy, is not a virtue in this part of the world. No doubt she was being in...

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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.


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