For reference (as per Wikipedia):
Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.
— Melvin E. Conway
Imagine interpreting that as advice on how you should try to design things, lol.
Tbf, I think most of the post is just typical LinkedIn fluff, but I didn't want to take the poor fellow out of context.
Yes, it is.
Basically he's trying to frame something obvious and well out of his control as something he did. Which is typical manager behavior.
You don't claim to be an expert farmer just because the apple tree in your garden, that's twice as old as you are, happens to grow an apple.
This is illusion of grandeur in action.