According to one study the distributed leadership will only continue to build, leading to flatter organizations.
However, the other study suggests that regulations could push leadership go backward, toward more hierarchy.
There are pros and cons of both leadership models.
Too distributed organisations don’t have total view of the reality, while too centralised remove agency and autonomy.
I think there is a third way for organizations, where both models can converge by having a lean central standardisation/governance with local autonomy for execution.
Thinking Space 