# "This opens so many doors"

## This week's cartoon

![Cartoon: a cheerful manager in a lanyard cuts a gold NEW STRUCTURE ribbon with giant scissors as an employee carries a moving box two feet from Desk 14 to Desk 15. Manager says, "This opens so many doors."](../../img/cartoons/new-structure.png)

> _The doors opened onto the same room._

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### Script

**Situation:** Leadership announces an org restructure with celebration and claims it creates broad new opportunities. Your daily seat and workload look identical, and nobody has clarified whether your level, scope, or decision rights actually moved.

> "I appreciate the vision behind the new structure. To help me align quickly with the new mandate, can we walk through three things. Which decisions become mine that were not before. How my evaluation criteria change. Whether compensation moves with the expanded scope. I want to make sure I am stepping into the new role with clear footing."

**Why it works:** It welcomes the reorganization warmly so you do not sound cynical, then quietly audits the three levers that give a change meaning. Those three levers are authority, evaluation, and compensation. If those moved, you have a genuine expansion. If all three are identical, you know the ribbon cutting was cosmetic, and you can plan your next move on what you actually do rather than the new box on the chart.