Divisions as Differentiators
Every (big-ish) box on your org chart should have a connection to your strategy. (Almost missed today due to bad wifi on my United Flight.)
Clay Parker Jones
I lead Organizational Design at Airbnb. Previously: August, Undercurrent.
The Unbundling of the CFO at Coke
Coca‑Cola is radically reshaping how it leads and innovates to accelerate digital transformation and better connect with consumers—shaking up top roles and creating an entirely new executive seat to unify tech and strategy.
Great Leaders are Great Followers
...an unpopular and uncomfortable truth for the already powerful. Also: is followership a _stage_ of development or truly a permanent practice? Probably the latter, but how do we reinforce that?
Anthropic’s AI constitution is an exercise in rule-of-law governance
I solemnly swear that this is not an international relations blog, nor is it an AI blog, but THINGS ARE HAPPENING
Enterprise AI is getting stuck on people
AI AI AI but also can we pour one out for Mark Carney's historic speech? Hoping saner impulses prevail and as an IR major I'm very bummed about all the Melian Dialogue stuff of late.
AI and Obsolescence: Anthropic Research
Anthropic's research into Claude Code may signal the end of ideas like "role clarity" and "opportunities for growth and development." Is that a good thing?
Introducing ccccharter
I built a living Team Charter tool because PowerPoint is where org design goes to die
The Hidden Patterns Gift Guide
Gifts for the systems thinker/tinker-er in your life. Or for yourself, if you fit that description!
Five OD Things N° 12
Selling personal super-intelligence; trust & safety heading for the exits; raw compute vs. the junk drawer; Wall Street loves shrinking payrolls; the first targets are email jobs
Five OD Things Nº 11
Krugman on enshittification; a mission-driven reset at Microsoft; how Y2K wasn't a thing because of massive multiplayer cooperation; Medium's reboot story; Figma's S-1
Super Performance
TL;DR: We lack a shared, rigorous way to assess an entire organization – most tools either miss key drivers or apply only to specific domains. By meta-analyzing 102 criteria from 14 seminal sources, from Rams’ Design Principles to the Agile Manifesto to Jane Jacobs' Generators of Diversity, this post
Hidden Patterns is Open for Pre-Order
Hey there! I wrote a book. It's about fixing the about fixing the invisible stuff that makes work suck. I'd be honored if you gave it a read.