Hacker News with Generative AI: Organizational Structure

Gravity Maps: An Alternative to Org Charts (leadinginproduct.com)
An organizational chart shows who’s responsible for what. It’s like a map of job titles and tasks, but it doesn’t tell you who really gets things moving. It’s great for understanding formal roles, but it misses the hidden forces that actually drive decisions and progress.
Accountability sinks (aworkinglibrary.com)
In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies argues that organizations form “accountability sinks,” structures that absorb or obscure the consequences of a decision such that no one can be held directly accountable for it.
How to Tame Evil Dependencies (thoughtworks.com)
Dependencies between software development teams in large organizations are an almighty problem.