# Structure & Power

*Tom Geraghty · Power, Organisational Design*

A newsletter examining how organisational structure encodes and reproduces power. Draws on Richard Bartlett on hierarchy and Jo Freeman's classic 'Tyranny of Structurelessness' to argue that dismantling formal hierarchy doesn't remove power — it just makes informal hierarchies harder to name and address.

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## Connected concepts (9)

- [Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ostrom-2010.md) (paper)
- [Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ostrom-1990.md) (paper)
- [The Bases of Social Power](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/french-raven-1959.md) (paper)
- [Typologies of Power](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/typologies-of-power.md)
- [Organisational Fabric](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-organisational-fabric-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [Command & Control](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-56-command-control.md)
- [Flat Orgs & Hierarchy](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/flat-organisations-hierarchy-and-power.md)
- [STREAM](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/st-r-e-a-m-status-rules-everything-around-me.md)
- [Conway's Law](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-conways-law.md)