It's a ballpark feel for the org. An admitted problem with my theory is that I've only seen behemoths (massive, nasty publicly traded beasties) and start-up to

It's a ballpark feel for the org. An admitted problem with my theory is that I've only seen behemoths (massive, nasty publicly traded beasties) and start-up to mid/small orgs with only 1-200 ppl having access to source control and/or servers. If an org can grow beyond the tribal size & still maintain trust & agility - please share! I've got a good theory about how Spotify operates (see https://labs.spotify.com/2014/03/27/spotify-engineering-culture-part-1/ https://labs.spotify.com/2014/03/27/spotify-engineering-cult...) but I don't know if they've effectively crossed or exceeded this scope of personal trust & relationships.