Org Flattening: The Succession Trap No Dashboard Sees

Send us Fan Mail Bour succession slate looks full — names, readiness ratings, green boxes, development plans, all on schedule. So why does the bench feel thin the moment a board member asks who on this list has actually run anything? Here's the mechanism. Org flattening didn't just cut cost; it deleted the leadership pipeline hidden inside your org chart. Those messy-middle roles were where future operators learned to run something with real consequences attached — and when they were removed ...