Decision-Rights Debt
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A restructure can remove layers, shorten reporting lines, and create a cleaner organization chart.
But the decisions those layers used to absorb donβt automatically disappear.
What happens next can be surprisingly subtle.
People may understand where they report, yet still be unsure who owns an exception, who makes the final call, when something should be escalated, or who gets to make the tradeoff.
The result can be an organization that looks simpler while ordinary decisions quietly collect more people around them.
That raises an interesting question about what actually has to be relearned after structural change.
Changing the chart may be the visible part.
Rebuilding clarity around judgment, ownership, and authority may take longer.
