Less is More: 10 Practical Examples

By Corporate Rebels - 2020-11-14

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I wrote recently about Mies Van Der Rohe and his design principle “less is more”. I asked why, in architecture, ‘less is more’ and ‘state of the art’, but in organizations it seems to be the opposite. ...

Summary

10 Practical Examples I wrote recently about Mies Van Der Rohe and his design principle “less is more”.
I asked why, in architecture, ‘less is more’ and ‘state of the art’, but in organizations it seems to be the opposite.
Peer-to-peer (horizontal) decisions are better in almost any situation because people who work together know each other's strengths.
This is the outcome of having looked closely at big corporations.

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Management (0.31)
Backend (0.2)
Database (0.09)

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