company, their first relationship is with a sponsor (or mentor), “who will lend their credibility and their lattice to the new person, until that person has built up their own lattice,” France says. One of the most important effects of this networked, nonhierarchical structure is that employees, from day one, are self-directed. Since no one tells you what to do, you must use your own powers of inquiry (and help from your sponsor) to figure things out for yourself.
