A brief but striking analysis on [tag-ice]productivity[/tag-ice] losses in big companies. “[...] when you triple the number of employees, you halve their productivity” - that’s something. Based on that it’s quite clear to focus on communication and the sociability of knowledge when you grow and are big already.
The 3/2 rule of employee productivity
I think it is largely down to communications: the degree to which a vision is shared and the effective dissemination of new ideas ideas and working practices. Innovation velocity is dependent on collaboration; and collaboration among larger groups and creation networks require different skills and tools than what most executives are used to from smaller situations and is therefore often underestimated.
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[...] Via Thomas N. Burg c/o randgänge, ein weiterer Grund warum Social Software in the Enterprise ein Thema für mehr Organisationen sein sollte, die 3/2 rule of employee productivity: The more employees your company has, the less productive each of these employees are. It is a generalization, of course, but a useful one and one that is confirmed by most people who have worked for growing organizations. As the company grows, so does the internal processes and the layers of bureaucracy, and the time spent on communications grows rapidly. [...]