In last weekend’s Group Dynamics salon, we heard from Brandon Dubé on structural maneuvers to step away from more hierarchical group structures. He covered Cooperatives as a legal structure, Sociocracy as a governance structure, and Agile as a project structure. 

Brandon reminds us all about Conway’s Law. 

Conway's law is an adage that states organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure. 

“Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.” — Melvin E. Conway

…In colloquial terms, it means complex products end up "shaped like" the organizational structure they are designed in or designed for…

If the structures of our groups impact the outputs of our groups, how are you consciously choosing, shaping, or transcending the structures of the groups you are in to co-create the outcomes you want?