"It works best if the compartments are structured in a hierarchical fashion, much like a large corporation where a problem is escalated upwards until a level is

"It works best if the compartments are structured in a hierarchical fashion, much like a large corporation where a problem is escalated upwards until a level is reached which has the power to deal with it." Because when I think "effective, responsive, and scalable decision-making", I definitely think "big ol' ORG CHART", amirite? /snark