Your org chart has a speed limit

Decision velocity is set by your org design. Why every approval chain carries a structural speed limit, and how to find the one your growth strategy keeps hitting.

The container ship docked on a Tuesday. The rerouting decision that would have saved the quarter's margin was made the following Thursday, nine days later, four levels up from the Susan the planner who saw the problem first. She flagged it within the hour. Her flag then traveled through two directors, a VP, and a weekly steering meeting that happened to…