fundamentally, scale breaks things

family < 25

organisations can be like a family
and then they hit about 25 people
and it starts to get really complicated
now you need structure and hierarchy
plus you're not all friends anymore

?? < 150

you can still all know everybody's name
you can still refer to people
you'll max out at about 150
and then it get's really complicated

Quote: humans aren’t made for scale

scale just breaks things for human beings
we're just not made for it

(src: Video: The Infinite Game: How to Lead in the 21st Century - Simon Sinek)