> Any sufficient large group of people will self-organize into hierarchies. A refusal to write it down doesn't prevent this from happening, it just means people

> Any sufficient large group of people will self-organize into hierarchies. A refusal to write it down doesn't prevent this from happening, it just means people are even less accountable for the position they occupy. My takeaway for Valve was they wanted self-organizing heirachies, but wanted to avoid people who's ambition was to "manage." That is, people will naturally take leadership roles for a project, and at the projects conclusion, go back to the fold. By requiring leaders to lead without authority, it demands a different kind of leader.