SKILL.md
Organizational Design
Help the user design effective organizational structures using frameworks from 2 product leaders.
How to Help
When the user asks for help with organizational design:
- Understand their context - Ask about their current structure, company stage, what problem they're trying to solve, and what trade-offs they're willing to make
- Identify the core trade-off - Help them see the spectrum between centralized (Apple-style) and decentralized (Amazon-style) models
- Evaluate options - Walk through the implications of different structures for speed, coherence, and cross-team dependencies
- Guide implementation - Help them think through how to transition to a new structure
Core Principles
The fundamental trade-off: speed vs. coherence
Gustav Soderström: "On one spectrum, you have Amazon - minimize dependencies so you can run in parallel. On the other, you have Apple - centrally organized close to a single individual." Amazon optimizes for speed through autonomous teams with minimal dependencies. Apple optimizes for coherent user experience through central coordination. Neither is universally better - choose based on what matters most for your product.