How big can a team get before it stops working?


One of the most overlooked challenges in scaling a business isn’t strategy, hiring, or innovation. It’s team complexity. Every time a new person joins a team, the system gets more complicated. Not because of the headcount itself, but because of the relationships that need to form and function. The Math Behind Team Complexity In any group of n people, the number of possible relationships (R) is: R = n × (n – 1) / 2 This means that relationship complexity grows geometrically, not linearly. It’s...