A possible counter model to this kind of organization is how the Nicolas Bourbaki collective organized their work: "Subcommittees are assigned to write drafts

A possible counter model to this kind of organization is how the Nicolas Bourbaki collective organized their work: "Subcommittees are assigned to write drafts on specific material, and the drafts are later presented, vigorously debated, and re-drafted at the conferences. Unanimous agreement is required before any material is deemed acceptable for publication. A given piece of material may require six or more drafts over a period of several years, and some drafts are never developed into completed work. Bourbaki's writing process has therefore been described as "Sisyphean". Although the method is slow, it yields a final product which satisfies the group's standards for mathematical rigour, one of Bourbaki's main priorities in the treatise." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicolas_Bourbaki&oldid=1102236843#Working_method https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicolas_Bourbaki&... (emphasis by me) See also * https://www.ams.org/notices/199803/borel.pdf https://www.ams.org/notices/199803/borel.pdf (cf. page 375) * https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lekheng/interviews/ClaudeChevalley.pdf https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lekheng/interviews/ClaudeCheva... (cf. pages 18 and 20)