Business Lunch The Great Flattening: How AI Is Reshaping Teams and Management
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Jul 26, 2025 Explore how AI is revolutionizing organizational structures, allowing entire departments to function with just one person. Discover the risks and rewards of this 'great flattening' model and the potential demise of middle management. Learn about the 'coordination tax' that complicates team dynamics and how smaller, efficient teams outperform larger ones. With examples from companies like WhatsApp, uncover how AI is transforming marketing roles and enhancing productivity while navigating the evolution of leadership in modern workplaces.
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AI Pancakes Departments
- AI compresses entire departments into single roles, enabling one person to perform the work of many.
- This reduces coordination tax and greatly increases value per employee.
Marketing Department of One Example
- Jacob Bank runs an entire marketing department alone using 40 AI agents.
- These bots handle tasks from demo qualification to community management efficiently without human staff.
Minimize Coordination Tax
- Flatten teams to reduce coordination loss and increase productivity.
- Smaller, AI-enabled teams remove overhead from meetings and communication issues.
