"In the most ideal case, you know, there is no layer. Everyone in the company reports to me, and that would be all 6,000 of the company. And that feels somewhat ridiculous when you consider the old structure, but when you consider that the majority of our work is going through this intelligence layer, it's a lot more manageable."
"First in Dorsey's envisioned replacement structure are builders-those who work on the tools to build or operate the company. They're augmented, because they have access to agents, so one person can potentially do the work or explore the breadth that it would take a team or 10 people to do in the past."
"Dorsey describes a desire to normalize down to just three [types of] roles. The last role would be what Dorsey calls a 'player-coach'-basically what we consider managers today."
Block has laid off 4,000 employees and aims to cut middle management from five layers to two or three. CEO Jack Dorsey envisions a structure where all employees report directly to him, normalizing roles into builders, Directly Responsible Individuals, and player-coaches. Dorsey believes AI can enhance productivity, allowing fewer people to accomplish more. However, social media reactions indicate skepticism about the necessity of middle management in this new structure.
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