Category: Assignment

I see corporate structure as more than a cultural issue; it is also shaped by the product itself. This is the lens through which…

In reading about the different organizational structures of the three companies, what stood out to me about Spotify, Airbnb, and Zappos is not only…

At Spotify, the overall direction gets set from firm or product leaders from the top down. However, individual PMs have significant freedom and authority…

Each company has different dynamics. Some let the teams decide, some let one leader decide, and some try to have no bosses at all….

Every product team eventually faces the same question: who gets the final say? Spotify, Airbnb, and Zappos answered it in three very different ways….

I’d probably choose Spotify out of these three, mostly because I’d want some say in what my team builds while still having people around…

Spotify’s organization model split the engineering team into small, inter-related squads grouped into tribes. Squads have no typical manager. A product owner set priorities,…

Spotify organizes individuals into cross-functional squads, each focused on a specific product area. Then related squads are grouped into tribes by product area, with…

The CEO of Airbnb has a great quote: he describes himself as a designer, but unlike most designers, he designs the business model and…