Tag: middle management

Kirby breaks down how media companies’ current operating model of flattened orgs, overreliance on metrics, and escalating routine decisions to execs undermines speed, quality, and alignment. As middle managers vanish, early decision-making disappears, pushing rework and delays downstream while output…

Rebecca Avery of Integration Therapy spotlights how streaming companies are undermining their own agility by cutting middle management in the name of efficiency. As the industry faces mounting complexity, gutting the very layer that translates strategy, coordinates teams, and builds…

Skip contends that flattening teams doesn’t make companies faster, it just creates more chaos. Cutting middle managers means more problems land on top leaders, slowing everything down. Real speed comes from strong structure, not fewer people.