Ever since the invention of the org chart in the 1850s, company structures have changed very little—they are hierarchical and consist of multiple layers of managers and decision-makers. That is because we have been bound by the limits of human intelligence and attention to manage and control the flow of work. AI can change that. In large language models (LLMs), we have a new, alien form of intelligence, but one that has primarily worked as an assistant at the individual level. In 2025, we will start to see the first organizations to build around the combination of humans and AIs working together.
This shift represents a fundamental change in how we structure and operate our businesses and institutions. While the integration of AI into our daily lives has happened very quickly (AI assistants are one of the fastest product adoptions in history), so far, organizations have seen limited benefits. But the [2025] will mark a tipping point where AI moves from being a tool for individual productivity to a core component of organizational design and strategy.
