Reinventing the Organization for GenAI and LLMs

Previous waves of technology have ushered in innovations that strengthened traditional organizational structure. Not so for generative AI and large language models.

Ethan Mollick

April 02, 2024

Consider this an early eulogy for the traditional organizational structure, which began in 1855 with the first modern organizational chart and thrived, more or less successfully, until the 2020s, when it succumbed to a new technology, the large language model (LLM).

This is, of course, a bold claim. While traditional approaches to organizing have been frequently threatened by technological advancements (anyone remember the brief craze for holacracy?), organizations have proven remarkably durable. In fact, ...