AI is breaking the old school org chart. To stay ahead, we need to design 'cognitive friction' into our systems so humans ...

In a traditional company, the power flows from top to bottom; rank-and-file workers are viewed like cogs in the organization and must implement decisions for which they had no input. But a cultural ...

When companies plan an organizational structure, one important set of decisions addresses how to group jobs together to best accomplish work. The departmentalization process results in groupings of ...

Picture the most successful companies in the world; they have one thing in common — an effective organizational structure. But what exactly does that entail and how can it make or break a business? If ...

Leaders can sense when their organization is not working well or if the environment they operate in has changed, rendering the operating strategy and structure obsolete. The current Covid-19 pandemic ...

A business is the composite of its organizational structure, functional design and process workflow. You can think of the three as the legs of a stool. If the legs of a stool are not in perfect ...

The average company has roughly five or six job levels. There are interns, entry-level employees, intermediate staff, first-level managers, middle managers, and executives. But what if we told you ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...