An Inside Look at a Flat Organization That Serves Millions

When employee count is small enough you can make just about anything work. That's the key ingrediant here, not any particular management paradigm.

For example, right now, I run an organization of precisely 1 employee and 1 leader type, both residing in the same body, and you'd be surprised at the exotic, hyper-efficient, dare I say sometimes quasi-communist-libertarian-artistic-entrepeneurial-self-empowered management techniques I/we use. :-)

Flat works well for small groups and for growing/sustainable businesses. When a downturn occurs and staff count needs to be reduced, how is that handled in the transparent, everyone-can-look-into-everything organisation described in the article? Sometimes, some information needs to be keep confidential and restricted to a smaller group.