stovepiping
/ˈstoʊvˌpaɪpɪŋ/
verb
- To restrict the flow of information to a narrow channel or group, preventing it from reaching others.
- The government was criticized for stovepiping intelligence data instead of sharing it across agencies.
- The manager stovepiped the budget reports, so the sales team had no idea about the cuts.
- If you stovepipe your research, other scientists won't be able to build on your work.
noun
- The practice of sharing information only within a small group or department, rather than with others who might need it, especially in an organization.
- Stovepiping between departments caused the project to fail because no one shared important data.
- To avoid stovepiping, the manager set up weekly meetings for all teams to share updates.
- The company's stovepiping meant the marketing team never learned about the product changes from engineering.
- Metal pipes used to connect a stove to a chimney, or the material used for such pipes.
- He bought a length of stovepiping to vent the new wood stove properly.
- The old stovepiping was rusted and needed to be replaced before winter.
- The hardware store sells stovepiping in various diameters for different stoves.
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