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title: "A case for change: lessons from history - Clarasys"
description: This four-part blog series explores historical influences on modern organisational set-ups and questions whether there's a case for change.
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# [A case for change: lessons from history - Clarasys](https://clarasys.com/insights/thinking/a-case-for-change-lessons-from-history)

 Written by [The Clarasys Team](https://clarasys.com/insights/thinking/author/admin) | March 22 2023

Hands up, who wants to go back in time to a society where a monarch made every important decision, social mobility was all but impossible, and people weren’t trusted to make decisions for themselves, their community, or their country? Any takers?

Perhaps not when you put it like that, but in reality, this is how many of today’s businesses are run.

In this four-part blog series, managing consultant, [Scott Docherty](https://www.clarasys.com/team/scott-docherty/?hsLang=en-gb), who also handily has a history master’s degree, journeys back through time to look at the parallels between modern business hierarchies and historical societal structures. Scott wonders if it might be time for change. 

## [Part 1: Moving from structured hierarchies to networks of teams ](https://clarasys.com/insights/thinking/moving-from-structured-hierarchies-to-networks-of-teams?hsLang=en-gb)

## [Part 2: Distributed authority vs centralisation](https://clarasys.com/insights/thinking/distributed-authority-vs-centralisation?hsLang=en-gb)

## [Part 3: Motivate workforce by leveraging employee talents](https://clarasys.com/insights/thinking/motivate-workforce-by-leveraging-employee-talents?hsLang=en-gb)

## [Part 4: How to ensure authentic organisational trust and transparency](https://clarasys.com/insights/thinking/how-to-ensure-authentic-organisational-trust-and-transparency?hsLang=en-gb)

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