Structure follows strategy

Structure follows strategy.

We’ve been talking a lot about that at our offices.

You see, it’s fine to create a good structure. But you shouldn`t be trying to find a strategy to fit your structure. You need to find a structure to facilitate your strategy.

Another way of saying it is: form follows function.

In crisis situations, you need a top-down style of get-it-done mentality.

In growth situations, you need an organic, collaborative model of doing things.

Jesus talked about the danger of putting new wine in old wineskins. It doesn’t work. The new wine will burst the old brittle wineskins. You need new containers for the new wine.

Same with new strategies. Old structures may not support new strategies.