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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Each of these issues could signal that a more streamlined organizational structure is needed. Staff positions can benefit from a similar realignment.

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Labor and nonprofit coalition calls on California AG to stop OpenAI from going for-profit

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OpenAI announced plans to transition to a public-benefit corporation in 2024, and reportedly has two years to pull it off or risk a large portion of the money its raised become debt. OpenAI started as a nonprofit research organization studying AI, but transitioned to a for-profit company that's overseen and run by a nonprofit in 2019.

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Mark Zuckerberg predicted Meta's antitrust trial in a 2018 email

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I'm beginning to wonder whether spinning Instagram out is the only structure that will accomplish a number of important goals," Zuckerberg wrote in the email. "As On the stand on Tuesday, the Meta CEO reportedly defended the company's Instagram purchase as the result of a standard cost-benefit examination. "We We were doing a build-vs.-buy

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Why OpenAI is trying to untangle its 'bespoke' corporate structure

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On the Friday after Christmas, OpenAI published a blog post titled "Why OpenAI's structure must evolve to advance our mission." In it, the company detailed a plan to reorganize its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). What is a public benefit corporation? Why is OpenAI pursuing a PBC structure?

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The Benefits Of When Everyone Leads

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Our institutions need structure and processes, and people in authority positions to keep it all running. Think eliminating poverty, stopping climate change, achieving racial equity, or building the innovative organizational culture your company needs to survive. Authority is not enough to solve those daunting challenges. Dont get us wrong.

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Samsung will cut its Galaxy Store commission to 80/20 for games

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An 80/20 structure would still benefit a developer even if they mainly get their business from the Play Store on Android devices. Samsung's Galaxy Store is nowhere near as big Google's Play Store, but it still comes pre-installed on Samsung phones and could still be used to purchase games by millions of users around the world.

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Asking better questions to create more equitable outcomes 

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Strengthening research and evaluation to create better outcomes means centering the perspectives and interests of the people a program or practice is designed to benefit. Ensure community members lead and benefit from the research. An important question emerged: “Who decides what it means to ‘thrive’?”