In 2016, the average employee experienced 2 organizational changes a year. Today it is more than 10.
So can your org chart keep up with that?
Gartner's research puts two numbers side by side:
Planned organizational change per employee: 2 in 2016 → 10 in 2022. Over the same period, employees' willingness to support change: 74% → 43%.
Change increased fivefold. Support nearly halved.
In this picture, a static org chart is correct on the day it is prepared. The following week it starts to go out of date.
And an outdated chart creates costs in three places:
- At the decision table
the new structure is discussed based on yesterday's picture. - On the employee side
as long as the question "where am I in this structure?" goes unanswered, change turns into uncertainty. - In the HR team
every "can you send the current chart?" email is time stolen from strategic work.
The solution is not a document that is updated more often. It is a system that doesn't need updating.
When the chart is fed by your HR system, changes are reflected the moment they happen. Nobody draws it. Nobody asks. Nobody waits.
For the COO, this means operational visibility. For the CHRO, it means role clarity and trust.
HieraChart moves your org chart to an always up-to-date platform fed by your SAP and SuccessFactors data.
In your company, is the org chart a document or a system?
Frequently Asked Questions
How much has organizational change increased for employees?
According to Gartner data, planned organizational change per employee rose from 2 a year in 2016 to 10 in 2022; over the same period, employees' willingness to support change fell from 74% to 43%.
Where does an outdated org chart create costs?
In three places: at the decision table (the new structure is discussed based on yesterday's picture), on the employee side (as long as "where am I in this structure?" goes unanswered, uncertainty grows) and in the HR team (every "can you send the current chart?" email is time stolen from strategic work).
Is the solution a document that is updated more often?
No; it is a system that doesn't need updating. When the chart is fed by the HR system, changes are reflected the moment they happen. HieraChart moves the org chart to an always up-to-date platform fed by SAP and SuccessFactors data.
