And unlike an open social network, where everyone is equal, NationalField runs on a hierarchical social graph: Higher-level staff get a broader view of the state and local work below them.
Nearly every element of large, hierarchical corporations discourages innovation, from mid-level executives unwilling to upset the corporate groupthink with new ideas, to senior executives afraid to embrace out-of-the-box thinking.
Level Five Leaders: Jim refers to a hierarchical matrix of leadership that describes 5 different types of leaders, and suggests that only with rare exception can anything other than a Level 5 leader take a company from good to great.