SV tech bros have been jerking off about the idea of "flat" orgs for decades. But a flat org doesn't mean there are no hierarchies. It means the hierarchies are informal, hidden, inconsistent.
Do-nothing meeting attenders appoint themselves feudal lords.
@carnage4life.bsky.socialJack Dorsey, CEO of Block who laid of 40% of the company due to AI efficiencies, describes how to judge the success of their AI adoption.
He plans to reduce management layers from 5 managers between a worker and the CEO to 2-3 this year. The ideal is eventually 0 and all 6000 people report to him.
