Reorganizing is the most expensive way to solve almost any problem

Reorganizing is the most expensive way to solve almost any problem.

Switching one person in the hierarchy for another does little to fix your issues with escalation and authority.

Instead, build your horizontal links and push decision-making out of the hierarchy and to the edges of the org.

1. Connect related teams together to collaborate without needing a leader to make it happen.

2. Decouple teams that don't collaborate and save their cognitive load for better activities.

Or keep the two-year reorg pendulum swinging, and I'll see you for the next one.

What's your take on the recurring restructuring pattern?

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PS, Team Topologies has some powerful tools and metaphors for exploring this.