”... a large organization could only avoid slowing down if they avoided tree structure. And since human nature limits the size of group that can work together, the only way I can imagine for larger groups to avoid tree structure would be to have no structure: to have each group actually be independent, and to work together the way components of a market economy do.”
Ok, but perhaps not “no” structure. A market has structure...
”That might be worth exploring. I suspect there are already some highly partitionable businesses that lean this way. But I don't know any technology companies that have done it.”
We are exploring this for the Americas region of a global bank, which has us seeking engineers who have worked in autonomous teams but would be interested in helping with this shift within an enterprise — to help ship but also help socialize what it means to have initiative and be an owner.
Ok, but perhaps not “no” structure. A market has structure...
”That might be worth exploring. I suspect there are already some highly partitionable businesses that lean this way. But I don't know any technology companies that have done it.”
We are exploring this for the Americas region of a global bank, which has us seeking engineers who have worked in autonomous teams but would be interested in helping with this shift within an enterprise — to help ship but also help socialize what it means to have initiative and be an owner.