The Tyranny of the Org Chart

Performance drops, complexity rises, and the executive reflex stays the same: let us simplify the structure.

This issue looks at why restructuring has become one of the most expensive habits in business, why moving boxes feels like progress but rarely is, and what to do instead.

• Why spans and layers stopped matching the way the work actually happens.
• How structure became the default answer to almost every problem.
• What actually moves performance, if not the chart.