Hollywood, BCG and the Military Have Solved a Problem You Didn’t Know You Had
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Hollywood, BCG and the Military Have Solved a Problem You Didn’t Know You Had
We can look to industries that have solved high-performance, project-based execution: Hollywood production companies, management consulting firms, and the military.
These organizations all run on a dual operating system:
1. The “Boring” Hierarchy
This is for career safety. You have a “home” department (Engineering, Marketing) that handles your pay,... See more
These organizations all run on a dual operating system:
1. The “Boring” Hierarchy
This is for career safety. You have a “home” department (Engineering, Marketing) that handles your pay,... See more
Selma Stern • The Change Tax: What I Learned From Getting Crushed By It Twice
The Great Decoupling
When businesses moved from physical to digital, the structural wiring of power changed below the radar. In the physical era, three pillars of organizational power were tightly bound together:
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When businesses moved from physical to digital, the structural wiring of power changed below the radar. In the physical era, three pillars of organizational power were tightly bound together:
- Formal Authority (who decides)
- Assets (who holds the means of production)
- Information (who knows the truth)
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Selma Stern • The Change Tax: What I Learned From Getting Crushed By It Twice
My goal is to structure teams around minimizing “coordination headwind,” as described by Alex Komoroske in this deck on seeing organizations as slime mold. The rough idea is that coordination costs (caused by uncertainty and disagreements) increase with scale, and adding managers doesn’t improve things. People’s incentives become misaligned. People... See more