[iamcurious]

Then you are dynamically creating (and cutting I suspect) lots of communication channels. My suspicion is that for any large group something like that would require an extremely strong institution and lots of paper trail. This is a noble objective, but I'm not sure if it is always an option.

By the way, what is the largest organization you can think that follows that swaps 'designated communicators' roles with no management?

[ktRolster]

  >By the way, what is the largest organization you can think that follows that swaps 'designated communicators' roles with no management?

Good question. I've worked at a fortune 500 company where people routinely ignored official communication channels in order to communicate with the people they needed. It becomes a lot harder to find the person you need at a large company and building relationships across departments becomes important.

It's rare in any organization that the people who have power are the same ones who get things done.