Zoocap

While the idea of an organization with one leader is still a very strong one, and certainly very useful, the technological age has made it necessary to rethink organizational flow in general. Some of the basic tenets of the top-down structural logic seem helpful, while others seem very outdated, and in need of reconsideration.

The metaphor of a director might be useful in considering how people behave within structures, and it also reveals some issues that are worth attention. The director of a film is the one who has the big picture in mind. They know the story, what they want to actors to give to the camera, and how every shot is supposed to look, sound, and feel. This is the case in any organization, but when the technologies have become more complex with time, it’s become necessary to turn part of the big picture over.

Thinking of IT as a service , then, is one way of letting some of the more complex and confounding parts of the big picture become an exterior responsibility. The director doesn’t need to know every detail of how these communication flows function, and it could be a case where too much information could disrupt the flow. Several directors, then, with different functions, and different domains, might be a useful way of reconsidering these models.

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