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Zeebrommer | 3 years ago

Makes me think of the Peter principle. Pretty depressing conclusion though: a large company is bound to be an environment with many distractions by underperformers. Any way out?

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bar_de|3 years ago

Found your own company, be successful and start experiencing the same growth decline pattern.

Maybe it's a cycle to stop expanding human groups in excess?

rewgs|3 years ago

It's just entropy, honestly. Growth = complexity/debt/escalating coordination cost. Success = complacency/greed. Like a cancer, the fruits of growth and success eventually burn the house down.

It's just the way of things, apparently. I try hard to not worry about it too much and instead side-step it as best I can.