While everyone should know that when a team’s size increases past a certain point, it faces the productivity paradox, Jeff Bezos puts a very creative spin on team sizing:
“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, the size of the team is too large.”
–Jeff Bezos, chairman, CEO, and founder, Amazon.com
From Fast Company‘s recently released book, The Rules of Business: 55 Essential Ideas to Help Smart People (and Organizations) Perform At Their Best
I prefer smaller teams (around 6 people), but that’s just because of my managing style. I imagine CEOs need to be able to manage teams of this size. I’ll get there.
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