The least we can do is turn the org chart upside down
<p>We are in the midst of a leadership crisis. The rational, ego-driven authority model of organizations that is based on ideas that are over a century old will not work anymore in the future. We can dive deep into this like I did in previous essays about <a href="https://medium.com/design-leadership-notebook/beyond-the-non-hierarchical-leadership-model-b34e62c72297" rel="noopener">a non-hierarchical leadership model</a> or about <a href="https://medium.com/design-leadership-notebook/design-thinking-as-a-model-for-the-organization-of-the-future-f7742d5e822e" rel="noopener">using design thinking as the inspiration to design the organization of the future</a>, but maybe we can start much simpler. Maybe we can start with one simple inversion. What if we just start by turning the organizational chart upside down?</p>
<p>A traditional, century old, org chart looks like this, we have all seen it in every other Powerpoint presentation:</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*xTitOxJDVnc4BWEB.jpg" style="height:432px; width:700px" /></p>
<p>The traditional org chart</p>
<p>What if we just turn this dinosaur upside down?</p>
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