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After you’re in the field for long enough, you start to realise that the structure and flaws in the application mimic the structure and flaws of the reporting structure of the organisation
Yeh. Matrix structure where anyone can message anyone, and lots of people depend on each other, seems to work pretty well. But silos will develop anywhere you've got hundreds of people, at least as far as I've seen.
I've also witnessed matrix structure break down when too many methods of communication are used. It's all very brittle.
Every system has limitations and flaws. The trick is tailoring your system elements to serve your use case.