Why is it that, as teams get larger, results get worse?
Because good ideas are shared, but bad ideas multiply.
Suppose we have one player, with 3 bad ideas and 1 good one. Add a second, similar player to help him - now each player has two good ideas, and three bad ones. But the team has two good ideas, and six bad ones. Add another player, and we have three good ideas shared. Each player has 50% good ideas. But the team isn't getting any better.
You have to actively hunt the new weaknesses, and destroy them.
February 27, 2003 10:51 PM
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