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This jumped out at me right away too. What happened to the days when a dedicated manager would manage 8 reports? What now? AI is going to double the communicati
by muzani 5mo ago
This jumped out at me right away too. What happened to the days when a dedicated manager would manage 8 reports? What now? AI is going to double the communication bandwidth with these reports and further double the free time they have?
I do think the most efficient form of team is a "cell" of three people. One is a little unstable.
- CamouflagedKiwi 5mo ago> What happened to the days when a dedicated manager would manage 8 reports? Cheap money went away which caused companies to start asking hard questions about productivity and how much those dedicated managers were contributing.
- dormento 5mo agoThen there's the convenient answer of "AI made me do it", to which investors are somehow really empathetic... feels like every company CEO is operating on the mindset of "its gonna hit the fan any moment now", except they're the ones holding the fan.
- Spooky23 5mo agoFlattening is a management fad right now. Loser leaders want to be like Elon or whatever. It is pretty stupid and pathetic tbh, but easier than making an effective organization.
- bluerooibos 5mo agoJust curious if there's a reason you mentioned 8 or if that's an arbitrary number? Was 8 an industry norm/upper limit at one point?
- elros 5mo agoPerhaps related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus...
- reverius42 5mo agoSee also https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoPizzaTeam.html https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoPizzaTeam.html