I love strategic management!
It’s my background and it’s fascinating to study how organizations, like Coinbase, operate.
Implementing a flat organizational structure can have significant challenges but when done correctly can really be a value add!
Awesome insight Emilie!
At Coinbase, it's a fireable offense to create a new committee that has not been explicitly approved by Brian or myself. In the vast majority of cases, spreading authority across multiple people is inefficient. And once you’ve added an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy to something, it's harder to remove. Each new committee compounds, further slowing the business down - best to avoid this wherever possible.