I'd wager a medium-sized amount on the 1,500 inflection point. It's based on a vague feeling of being in a 1,200 person office, and feeling like things were lik

I'd wager a medium-sized amount on the 1,500 inflection point. It's based on a vague feeling of being in a 1,200 person office, and feeling like things were likely to change soonishly. Also, for large companies, you have separate social dynamics for offices. I've seen the 200/500 point happen in offices of much larger companies. You then layer the "too large to comprehend" dynamics on top of that, for added fun :) (Also, you can get 1,000 people offsite. It's just a lot of work. That might be another of the 1,500 size problems) Either way, social dynamics at large institutions is a fascinating problem. I wish I could find decent literature around the topic, because it's a fun subject :) (Corollary: All the things I said above are anecdata, I don't know if there's a theoretical foundation)