The term "flat structure" often triggers a range of reactions—from enthusiasm to skepticism. But what does it actually mean? In organizational lingo, a flat structure reduces the number of ...

Companies that have rejected hierarchies have typically lacked diversity and, in at least one case, faced scandal. A new crop of them is aiming to find a middle ground. By Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ...

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the quest for sustainable growth is more critical than ever. As someone who has firsthand experience scaling a company sustainably, I have witnessed the ...

Some people say flat structures cause chaos in organizations. And while that can certainly be true, my experience has been different. After years of working for horizontal and vertical hierarchies, I ...

When successful startups and their staffs expand, many founders intentionally retain the bare-bones hierarchies that made their business leaner, faster, and less expense to operate as they grew.

Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about site structure, explaining why a hierarchical site structure is good for SEO and when it’s okay to use a flat site structure. Gary offers a good reason ...

CEO Jensen Huang reduced direct reports to 36 and sold $41.3 million in stock through a pre-arranged trading plan.

A team of UConn College of Engineering (CoE) researchers have achieved a major milestone in the field of phononics with the first experimental demonstration of an all-flat phononic band structure (AFB ...