Reorganizing for Success: Capra Consulting’s Journey Applying Team Topologies Beyond IT Roles
How did a Norwegian IT consultancy transform from dysfunctional hierarchy to network organization while growing from 50 to 100 employees?
Capra Consulting's bold transformation journey demonstrates how Team Topologies principles can revolutionize organizational structure beyond software teams. Facing the classic scaling challenge of maintaining their core value that "every employee should be able to voice their opinion," this 100-person Norwegian consultancy dissolved their entire management team and rebuilt from the ground up using network-centric principles. Their story shows how the four fundamental team types and three interaction modes from Team Topologies can create a more engaging, autonomous, and psychologically safe workplace while achieving measurable business results including increased employee engagement (8.2 to 8.4 on Officevibe) and enhanced decision-making speed.
What you will learn in this case study
🔵 Why their traditional management team became a bottleneck consuming 20% of leadership time without adding value
🔵 How dissolving the management team created urgency that accelerated the formation of specialized teams
🔵 The Team Topologies vocabulary that provided a common language for organizational design
🔵 How team APIs and value streams (recruiting, competency building, service delivery) structured their network approach
🔵 The challenges of cognitive load, unclear responsibilities, and team lifecycle management in practice
