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Each node has a level, a degree of separation from the root, an inherent holon property. Each position has a natural 2° visibility zone in a large hierarchy. Our inability to see much of the organization unaided is compounded by a generally false image of its shape
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What does the CEO see? Down to org Level 3, positions that themselves see to Level 5
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We expected a slope in the plot of positions by level, which would indicate the presumptive pyramid shape of hierarchical organization
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How do many largely pyramidal functions add up to a diamond? Because they are different sizes, the bottoms of small functions fill out the organization’s middle levels
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Leadership networks in hierarchies are typically formed from the top down, giving smaller functions much greater representation in senior management groups than the large functions
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Mapping levels, we found a “normal” looking shape centered around the middle levels, a diamond shape when oriented vertically
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