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I really like this article, and especially the calling into question that smaller/decentralized is always better. I've had the intuition for a while that decent
by notJim 6y ago
I really like this article, and especially the calling into question that smaller/decentralized is always better. I've had the intuition for a while that decentralization is sort of a hope of end-running around power structures, but as the article hints at, the power structures don't really go away, they just becoming less legible. Think about the failings of holocracy, or tyranny of structurelessness, or even the way framework-less software projects tend to end up with ad-hoc, buggy frameworks implemented in them. In other words, the structure is there, you've just reduced your ability to influence it.
- Glench 6y agoA fine criticism but I always see people cite "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" and not Reinventing Organizations, a book documenting 12 >50 people companies that run successfully in non-hierarchical ways: https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/pay-what-feels-right.html https://www.reinventingorganizations.com/pay-what-feels-righ...