Create an organizational chart to look like a pyramid, with straight lines down that don’t cross.

1. Involve the person who is the point of the pyramid when encountering cross-departmental or cross-sub-departmental issues. 2. Don’t do work for people in another department or grab people from another department to do work for you unless you speak to the person responsible for overseeing the other department. 3. Watch out for “department slip.”

Ray Dalio's Book Principles