When employee count is small enough you can make just about anything work. That's the key ingrediant here, not any particular management paradigm. For example,

When employee count is small enough you can make just about anything work. That's the key ingrediant here, not any particular management paradigm. For example, right now, I run an organization of precisely 1 employee and 1 leader type, both residing in the same body, and you'd be surprised at the exotic, hyper-efficient, dare I say sometimes quasi-communist-libertarian-artistic-entrepeneurial-self-empowered management techniques I/we use. :-)