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An Inside Look at a Flat Organization That Serves Millions
- mkramlich 12y agoWhen employee count is small enough you can make just about anything work. That's the key ingrediant here, not any particular management paradigm. For example, right now, I run an organization of precisely 1 employee and 1 leader type, both residing in the same body, and you'd be surprised at the exotic, hyper-efficient, dare I say sometimes quasi-communist-libertarian-artistic-entrepeneurial-self-empowered management techniques I/we use. :-)
- jodooshi 12y ago>People have a strong instinct not to disappoint a system that gives them so much ownership. A flat structure surfaces and amplifies this instinct. That's human nature.
- fian 12y agoFlat works well for small groups and for growing/sustainable businesses. When a downturn occurs and staff count needs to be reduced, how is that handled in the transparent, everyone-can-look-into-everything organisation described in the article? Sometimes, some information needs to be keep confidential and restricted to a smaller group.