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GE is a good example of this with its new strategy “GE Simplification,” which involves delayering the company.

I’m not advocating organizational anarchy but delayering these cultural aspects is key.

She concedes that the impulse behind this "delayering" sounds sensible.

It begins: To transform organizations so that they are fit for human beings–more inspiring and engaging and yet just as disciplined and even more productive–we need to understand why promising ideas for improving management developed in the 20th Century–such as teams, empowerment, delayering or innovation–failed to become a permanent part of the standard management repertoire.

The project involves delayering, a scientific process involving digging down many layers of paint, wallpaper, dust and grime to find the original stenciling, hand-painted wall designs or other decorative features.