Teams & Tables

Organize people around how work actually happens

The Problem We See

Your work doesn't fit neatly into departments. A campaign needs communications, programs, development, and policy all working together. But your org chart shows siloed departments where collaboration happens despite the structure, not because of it.

People end up in endless meetings trying to coordinate across departments. Or worse, they duplicate efforts because they don't know what other departments are doing. The structure that's supposed to help organize work is actually making it harder.

How Teams & Tables Helps

Teams & Tables lets you design structure that matches how your strategic work actually happens. Teams are your functional groups—like Communications or Programs. Tables are your cross-functional groups tackling strategic work that spans departments—like a Campaign Table or Policy Table.

When you create a Table for your advocacy campaign, everyone who needs to be involved is right there: the communications person crafting messages, the organizer mobilizing supporters, the policy analyst tracking legislation, the development officer stewarding donors. They're not fighting the org chart to collaborate—the structure brings them together with intention.

Both Teams and Tables can have sub-groups when your work requires it. Your Communications Team might have sub-teams for digital, media relations, and internal communications. Your Campaign Table might have working groups focused on specific tactics or regions. The structure flexes to match your actual work.

This approach honors that people wear multiple hats. Maria sits on her Communications Team and also participates in two Tables—the Campaign Table and the Equity Table. She can see all her work in one place while leadership can see exactly who's responsible for what across the organization. No confusion about roles. No duplication of effort. Just clear structure that supports collaboration instead of fighting it.