Why Two Pizza?
Bezos' decision to keep meetings small in order to encourage productivity can be backed up by science. According to Hackman, this is because communication problems increase “exponentially as team size increases.” Ironically, the larger the team, the more time will be spent on communication instead of producing work.
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