> If your manager's manager has more than six (maybe up to 8) direct reports, that's a bad sign.
A bad sign of what? A bad sign that the company is too large to be innovating?
A bad sign of what? A bad sign that the company is too large to be innovating?
IMHO, it's correct but that doesn't mean it's good or desirable that things tend to bog down in wider / deeper org structures. Maintaining high efficiency and effectiveness in large org structures is hard to do and that's why the exceptions are notable and worth studying.
To study single-mission mega projects, the classics are the Manhattan Project, the Apollo missions and the first ICBM systems. The management of these projects were awe inspiring.