Over the next three to five years, the most significant shift in organizational structure will be a stronger move toward flattening.This transformation will directly reshape corporate decision-making: instead of relying on layer-by-layer outputs from different departments, management decisions will increasingly be based on the direct interpretation of data—and in many cases, on AI-driven analysis. As a result, decision chains will be dramatically shortened, and organizational structures will become significantly more streamlined.
—————— Lu Wenyan, Vice President, Shanghai Oriental Digital Commerce Co., Ltd.