Silo Breaker Workshops with Kerryn Powell
Practical, facilitated workshops that strengthen communication, trust and collaboration across teams
โWhen teams talk differently, everything starts to work differently." โ Kerryn Powell
Silo Breakers
Every organisation has networks โ formal and informal, internal and external
But when teams operate in silos, those networks stop working the way they should.
You might notice:
Departments working hard, but not together
Conversations happening about people, not with them
Missed opportunities, duplicated effort, or frustration that no one quite names
If this sounds familiar, youโre not alone. And itโs where Silo Breaking begins.
When conversations improve, collaboration follows.
Silo Breaker workshops create the conditions for better conversations โ the kind that build understanding, trust, and momentum across teams.
Rather than focusing on hierarchy or structure, we focus on people:
How they communicate
How they seek support
How they understand each otherโs roles, pressures, and strengths
When conversations improve, collaboration follows.
And when collaboration improves, innovation, productivity, and customer experience improve with it.
The Silo Breaker Workshop Options:
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Option 1: Who Can I Ask For Help?
Duration: 1-1.5 hours
A powerful starting point for individuals or teams.
This session helps participants identify who they can turn to, how to ask for support, and why reaching out is a strength โ not a weakness.Best for teams wanting quick insight and immediate shifts in mindset.
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Option 2: Get Your Silos Talking!
Duration: 2.5-3 hours
Designed for organisations ready to strengthen communication across departments.
Through guided conversations and practical activities, teams begin to see beyond their own roles and reconnect with the bigger picture.Best for improving collaboration, reducing friction, and building shared understanding.
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Option 3: Get the Answers!
Duration: Full-day facilitated workshop
A deeper, hands-on experience for teams facing complex challenges.
Together, we surface real issues, explore multiple perspectives, and create practical next steps that move the organisation forward.Best for organisations ready for meaningful change โ not surface fixes.
Silo Breaker Workshops - In practice :
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Private Sector. Get Your Silos Talking. Two-day offsite. Recently merged teams
The situation
Having recently gone through a merger, the management wanted to bring together teams and departments , still finding their footing. Leadership had organised a two-day offsite to plan for the coming year and begin aligning the newly formed organisation - but before the strategy conversations could be started, something funamental needed to happen. People needed to connect.
What we did
Kerryn and team opened the offsite with a Silo Breaker session- creating a safe space before any agenda item was discussed. Using pre-work gatheres ahead of the day, participants were given an opportunity to see each other as people first: their contexts, their pressures, and the perspectives they were bringing to the room. The goal was to lay the human groundwork that would make the two days that followed more honest and more productive.
What shifted
The scene was set for open,trust-based conversations
Assumptions gave way to genuine understanding
Participants connected as people before colleagues
The two days that followed had a stronger foundation
โIt set the scene well - and allowed for human connection and a bit more understanding, rather than assumptionsโ.
- Participant feedback
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The situation
A National organisation brought together 20 managers and team members from different locations- many of whom had never met in person. Remote working had made it harder to build the internal networks that once formed more naturally. Some had been with the organisation for many yearss, yet had never had the chance to meet colleagues from other parts of the national business, or to have a space to share their perspectives and experience of customer management.
What we did
The Silo Breaker session created a structured space for people to share their voice, perspective abnd experience - many for the first time with this group. Rather than jumping straight to business content, the session prioritised relationships underneath the work: helping people to undersand each otherโs roles, contexts, begin building internal networks and recognise the value sitting right in front of them.
What shifted
People who had never met had a shared experience
Internal networks began to form across locations
Participants felt seen, heard and valued
Remote isolation gave way to genuie connection
โNow I have people I can actually call- instead of rummaging through a manual. I get lived experience, not an instruction bookโ.
- Participant feedback
Ready to break down silos and build stronger connections?
Letโs start with a conversation. Book a time to explore whatโs happening in your organisation โ and whatโs possible when your people truly connect.
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