Elon Musk
This is how civilizations decline. They quit taking risks. And when they quit taking risks, their arteries harden. Every year there are more referees and fewer doers. When you’ve had success for too long, you lose the desire to take risks.
Content: Quotation | Author: Elon Musk | Source: Farnam Street | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Elon Musk
As companies grow, one of the biggest challenges is how to maintain cohesion. At the beginning, as companies get bigger, they get more effective through specialization of labor. But when they reach around 1,000 employees and above, you start to see reductions in productivity per person as communication breaks down. If you have a junior person in one department who needs to speak to another … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Elon Musk | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Communication, Organizational Behavior