> Shallow orgs can move quicker, but that isn’t free. That's not intrinsic to shallow organizations. One common failure mode when scaling shallow orgs is conse

> Shallow orgs can move quicker, but that isn’t free. That's not intrinsic to shallow organizations. One common failure mode when scaling shallow orgs is consensus-based decision making that can grind everything to a halt. As you say, a flat structure with a few designated leaders as bottlenecks for all decision making barely gets you off the starting blocks. Conversely, a deep org can move quickly as long as each level of the management chain is given appropriate scope for autonomous decision making.