Strong teams need people who carry the system forward and specialists who give it firepower. Most companies hire for only one.
Read MoreStart-ups give people real ownership. Large organisations can too, if they design for it.
Read MoreThe saying goes that the most efficient team size is 7. When the start-up reaches the size 7 x 7 (7 managers leading a team of 7) things seem (relatively) stable: there is not much structure in place, and the company operates on shared mental flows rather than hefty documentations but the machine seems well-oiled. It is somewhere between 7x7 and 7x7x7 that all hell breaks loose.
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