Is your corporate hierarchy an obsolete relic? 📉
I just finished Jack Dorsey’s latest deep dive on the future of work, and it’s a radical wake-up call for every leader. Dorsey isn't just talking about using AI as a "co-pilot"—he’s talking about rebuilding the entire structure of the firm.
The core thesis? "Every Company Can Now Be a Mini-AGI."
Here are the 4 major shifts every executive needs to watch:
1. From Hierarchy to "Intelligence" 🧠Traditional hierarchies were built 2,000 years ago to manage information flow at a human scale. They are slow, political, and "lossy." Dorsey is moving Block toward a central AI layer that ingests every Slack, email, and pull request. The result? A "World Model" of the company that any employee can query to get the ground truth in real-time.
2. The End of "Middle Management" ✂️Dorsey is flattening the org to just 2-3 layers. He’s normalizing the company into only three roles:
3. The CEO as "Architect of Alignment" 🏛️In this model, the CEO isn't at the top of a pyramid; they are at the edge of a circle. The AI system handles the data and basic decisions, while the CEO focuses on Judgment, Taste, and Alignment. Their job is to ensure the "intelligence" is solving the right customer problems.
4. The "Roadmap" is the Limiting Factor 🚀In the AI-first era, rigid product roadmaps are a bottleneck. Dorsey envisions a future where customers "talk" to the system, and the AI composes new features in real-time based on their needs. If the system can't build it, that becomes your development priority.
The Bottom Line:Dorsey recently reduced Block’s workforce by nearly 40% to achieve this vision. It wasn’t a reaction to the market—it was a proactive move toward "acting for excellence" rather than "reacting to mediocrity."
The question for us as leaders: Are we using AI to make our old structures faster, or are we brave enough to build something entirely new?
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*** Watch the full discussion here: Jack Dorsey: Every Company Can Now Be a Mini-AGI
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