Small teams, Sharp edges
When a problem looks big, the instinct is to make the team bigger.
More meetings. More stakeholders. More alignment decks.
But every additional person doesn’t just add capacity. They add coordination cost, noise, politics and more delays.
Most hard problems need more clarity, not people.
Small teams move faster because they argue less. They decide faster because accountability is obvious, there’s nowhere to hide, no one to blame and no diffusion of responsibility.
As a result, small groups optimize for progress. And progress compounds pretty fast when done right and the market is there.
If a problem requires a cast of dozens, maybe it’s not a talent problem. Maybe it’s a focus problem or a leadership one. (sometimes both)
Throw fewer people at the problem, but make them the right ones.
