michael pollak

simple and light

You don’t need a big team to be successful. You need the right team for that. The right people can perform at a higher level and be tasked with multiple things. Having a small team means it can adapt faster, that momentum can be stopped if necessary: if a 180 degree plan B needs to be executed then the team will not be crashed.
Big teams committed to a plan are harder to adapt. Their weight alone will make this almost impossible. Think about SOF teams, they are small and agile. There is a reason for that.

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