Circles

Why I want to ditch traditional Job Titles

Not long ago, I found myself staring at an org chart that looked like it was frozen in time. I and probably you, too, used to take that classic chart for granted: a big box labeled “Founder & CEO” at the top, lines branching down to “VPs and Heads,” more boxes for “Managers,” and eventually trickling down to the rest of the team.

It worked well enough, r…