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Organisation charts and what they don’t tell us

Organisation charts and what they don’t tell us

Oct 28, 2023
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“What you see is all there is.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken.”
“The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps.”

—Büchstein, Die Schweizer Heulsuse

Org chart

/ɔːg ʧɑːt/ (n.)

A formal portrait. A still life. A glib schematic that tells you everything you don’t need to know about an organisation, but…

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