If https://blognomic.com/archive/flat_structure has failed, enact it.

In “Job Titles” replace

Each Employee has a Job Title, which defaults to Intern and which is publicly tracked. The CEO has a Job Title of CEO.

An Employee’s Job Title is discerned as follows: X Y, where X is the name of the Department to which they belong and Y is their hierarchal rank.

with

Each Employee has a hierarchal rank, which defaults to Intern and which is publicly tracked. The CEO has a Hierarchal Rank of CEO.

An Employee’s Job Title is discerned as follows: X Y, where X is the name of the Department to which they belong and Y is their hierarchal rank. If an Employee does not belong to any Department, then their Job Title is simply their Hierarchal Rank.

The CEO’s Job Title is CEO

Give all Employees the hierarchal rank of Officer