Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha Think AI Can Make Middle Management Obsolete

Jack Dorsey says he wants 6,000 Block employees reporting straight to him

Jack Dorsey said he wanted to reach a maximum of 2-3 management layers at Block with a year.David Becker/Getty ImagesJack Dorsey said his "ideal case" was personally managing all 6,000 Block employees.Block's AI shake-up will make that flattening "much more manageable," he said on "Long Strange Trip."Block's maximum number of layers between Dorsey and an employee is currently five, he said.Jack Dorsey is waging a war on middle managers. His goal…

Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha think AI can make middle management obsolete

For years, companies have been flattening their organizations and cutting down middle management. Weeks after slashing his staff by 40%, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payments company Block, foresees middle management’s complete extinction.  In an essay published Tuesday, coauthored with Sequoia advisor Roelof Botha and titled “From Hierarchy to Intelligence,” Dorsey questioned the conventional wisdom of widely used organizational structures.  “At Sequoia…

AI may replace middle managers in companies, Jack Dorsey says

Block, the payments company behind Square and Cash App, cut about 4,000 jobs from a workforce of more than 10,000, as CEO Jack Dorsey said the …