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Restructuring Your Organization for Talent Mobility

One of my favorite parts about building Topia was working through the organizational design we needed to make our business work. We were one of the first companies to tackle the complex talent mobility space—starting with supporting families with relocations—and that meant there were few precedents for how to organize ourselves.

As we founded the company, we built innovative software and had all the standard functions of a rapidly growing technology company, but we also managed a concierge business to support relocating employees and their families with moving their stuff, securing housing, and finding schools, managed complex finances on behalf of our corporate customers, and coordinated ...

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