From Hierarchy to Intelligence
Sequoia by Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha ● Covered by 2 sources
Block argues that organizations should replace hierarchical human coordination with AI-based “world models” and an intelligence layer that routes work using machine-readable company and transaction data. It points to the Roman legion structure of roughly 5,000 people as an example of how span-of-control limits information flow and forces layers of command. It says this shift would let companies build capabilities and have AI compose customer-specific solutions proactively, with missing-combinations shaping future roadmaps instead of managers and product teams planning everything.