Organisation Design2 Jun 2026
The Spans and Layers Myth
EDITORIAL IMAGE — 16:9
Flattening an organisation without moving decision rights just gives the same bottleneck a bigger team.
Every few years a benchmark circulates claiming an ideal span of control. It is usually eight.
Span is an output, not a target. It follows from how much judgement a manager has to exercise per report — which is a function of where decisions actually sit.
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FIELD NOTES — 16:9
Field notes18 Jun 2026
A Diagnostic for Decision Rights
The four-question test we run in the first week of every organisation design engagement.
FIELD NOTES — 16:9
Field notes26 Feb 2026
Retention After a Restructure
The people who leave after a restructure are usually not the ones the restructure targeted.
RESEARCH COVER — 16:9
Research28 Aug 2026
The Succession Gap: 2026 Regional Board Survey
61% of boards we surveyed have no ready-now internal successor for the CEO seat. The reasons are structural, not individual.