The organising rule under extreme growth is that no team may block another — even when honouring it means adding to the very monolith you are trying to dismantle.

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• Fixing an understaffed team by moving people off other teams does not work, because people are not fungible and the argument inevitably turns political. WLWill Larson17 Jun 2018similar wording
• A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline. JKJeff Kaplan11 Mar 2026similar wording
• Talent density is self-protecting: once a team is made of A players it will only hire more of them and will not tolerate anyone who is not performing. TPThuan Pham1 Apr 2026similar wording
• If building the organisation is nobody’s first job, it will not get done well. CMCharity Majors5 Jan 2024similar wording
• A team should grow in bursts followed by periods of consolidation, because continuous hiring never lets it gel. WLWill Larson17 Jun 2018similar wording

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