Hazel WeaklyAug 30, 2023

One of the hardest and most valuable things you can do as a company is the following:

1. Have a fully up to date org chart
2. Have a diagram that is not the org chart that accurately reflects how work flows through the company
3. Have an up to date and accurate diagram and explanation of what the company does and how it does it (architecture, revenue funnels, business value streams, code-bases)

Scaling decision making is *impossible* without a shared context to build alignment off of.

Show threadAdrian HowardSep 24, 2023

@hazelweakly Asking individuals to sketch out an org chat is one of my _favourite_ “getting to know a company" questions.

It's fascinating what the differences, gaps, etc. between different folk's drawings can tell you :-)

Show threadHazel Weakly
@adrianh absolutely! That's a great one. I got dozens of notes from asking people the history of the company and where everyone is and how everything is doing. Super fascinating to dig through all that and start to reconcile everything together
Sep 24, 2023 at 6:17pmWeb