What Geoff Teehan thinks about team size

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Chief Design Officer at Lightspark, and co-founder of the design firm Teehan+Lax, which Meta/Facebook acquired in 2015.

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1. 23 Sept 2026

   Our readingWith today's tools and culture, a head of design and four designers are ample even for a company that wants to get big.

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   Their wordsI don't think I need more than what I have today, which is myself and four designers. I really don't. I think that the level of horsepower that we have, not just because of the people, but because of the tools and the people and our culture and our product, I feel like that is ample.

   ↗Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designeryoutube.com 8th of 15 in this recording