...there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this lukewarmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries...and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
—Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
I think the ideal size of any company of the future is no more than 250 employees. Even if you ended up with 40,000 employees, the 251th employee onwards just creates work for the rest of the other employees. I'm definitely guilty of that too...since when I joined my company, there was 17,000 employees...
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