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Hierarchy is useful but has many downsides

Planted March 2023

Related category: § 1-1 meetings.

A key downside is that Hierarchy can stop the right people meeting.

One way to combat these challenges is to Reduce recurring 1-1s to enable better collaboration. With the extra space, Ad-hoc meetings allow you to capture the best energy of a topic

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