The Tyranny of Structurelessness – Jo Freeman

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Feminist theory / organizational sociology

Year

1972

One-line gist

Why groups that pretend to have no structure quietly grow cliques and informal power anyway.

Best when

You’re stuck in a “flat” team where decisions mysteriously get made in side chats.

My take

Reads like someone finally turning the lights on in every “we don’t do hierarchy here” workplace I’ve ever known. I underlined half of it and immediately thought about three different project teams.