Top teams used to depend on hierarchy and reporting structure.

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How is it that a swarm of people who lack any sort of hierarchy or control structure can be so successful in collectively maneuvering a Pong paddle to hit the ball?

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Also describing themselves as non-religious, they go further and actively reject the structure and hierarchy of the Church.

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This is an organization with very little hierarchy in its organizational structure.

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Schmidt realized this company loves to talk it out, jettisoning hierarchy, business silos and layers of management for a flatter, "networked" structure where the guy with the best data wins.

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