> leaf workers Typical org charts look like an upside-down tree, where the topmost, single node is the CEO. From there branch the others, VPs, managers, and so

> leaf workers Typical org charts look like an upside-down tree, where the topmost, single node is the CEO. From there branch the others, VPs, managers, and so on to the end. These terminal ends are "leaves." These "individual contributors" span the widest across and are the "leaf workers." Imagining oneself to be a leaf brings a shift in perspective versus just being an IC: we sway in the wind; we forward rain drops to the earth; we spin and settle to ground. The seasons change: the tree is part of some large forest, and we gaze unknowing at walkers below. In the soil we nestle; the sun marks patterns across us above.