Talk:Ricardo Semler

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[edit] "Lattice organization"

The article mentions that Semler moved his company from a Gore-inspired "matrix organisation" to a "lattice organization":

Attempts to introduce a matrix organisational structure, promoted by Delaware-based consultancy W. L. Gore, failed to achieve desired improvements. Adoption of a lattice structure in 1985 with six to ten workers placed in charge of particular tasks - with a sense of ownership and financial responsibility alike - proved to be very successful as productivity rose and costs fell.

I'm wondering if this terminology is a little confused. Here I found an interview with Gore, wherein he says

I THINK THE THING THAT has enabled us to be successful with Gore-tex, and with some other inventions, is that we flattened the organization out, eliminated titles, created what we call a "lattice organization," and made an effort to enlarge the freedom of everyone in the enterprise to the maximum degree.

This suggests that A) Gore's business model is the "lattice" model and "matrix" is something else, and that B) Semler didn't move away from Gore's business model but rather toward it. Can anyone comment on this? --Ryguasu 19:57, 22 April 2007 (UTC)