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It seems like what people forget is that whether you have structure or not, it takes effort to make it work well. You can't just throw someone a job title in le
by jevanish 10y ago
It seems like what people forget is that whether you have structure or not, it takes effort to make it work well. You can't just throw someone a job title in leadership and assume they'll do a good job.
Leadership by example, training, adhering to values all matter. It just so happens that use a tried and true system of actual structure gives you a wealth of knowledge and experience to pull from.
Could a flat org work? Maybe? So far, it seems like every company that tries and gets to scale has serious problems. Maybe it makes sense stick to innovating on your core business, and sticking to business best practices in your processes. (A recent post by the former Cofounder/CEO of Brightroll digs into this: https://medium.com/@todsacerdoti/0-to-640m-non-obvious-lessons-learned-at-brightroll-b6b3eb4086ac#.s7r4h572h https://medium.com/@todsacerdoti/0-to-640m-non-obvious-lesso...)
- Pica_soO 10y agoHas there been any attempt to make a periodically oscilatting structure? One that has a structure and then gives it up and regrows one, and so on..
- dredmorbius 10y agoSortition is one mechanism that's been used. Among the most fascinating articles I've read in the past 4-5 years was Aeon's article on randomness as a choice option (going beyond just leadership): Michael Schulson, "How to Choose" https://aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-choose-wisely-choose-randomly https://aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-choose-wisely-choose-ran...