Tom Peters asks: is it possible to get rid of the traditional “organizational chart”?

December 3, 2006 by Mary Wynne-Wynter 

I always recoiled from org charts when I was an employee.  The more I embraced being a generalist, the less I "fit".  Translate:  I ended up on the bottom, or alone.

So making the RedShift org. chart was fun.  I’m a business of one so some could say my org chart doesn’t matter.  But I look at it often.  It helps me speak clearly and simply about my business.

I guess I’d call it a "blob" but perhaps I’ll make a zig-zag structure, (like Peters suggests) if I’m so inspired.  It reminds me of why creative freedom is in my top 3 rewards of going SoLo.

If you have a non-traditional, non-heirarchical org. chart you’d like to share, please comment.

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