> can't feasibly track the complex social dynamics across hundreds of other people. indeed. i can't figure out what sort of organizations all of these "omg get

> can't feasibly track the complex social dynamics across hundreds of other people. indeed. i can't figure out what sort of organizations all of these "omg get rid of middle management" folks have worked for. if you've got piles of middle management who only have a few reports each, well, sure, that's not great because now they've got too much time on their hands to pester you. but the other direction is no good, either. i've seen a VP with 45 direct reports before. he didn't get much done, and shed bodies as fast as he could hire new ones. he didn't know anything about any of his people, and they didn't bother trying to take their problems to him, they just quit.