Realistically you don't need many people in most contemporary companies and industries. Surely the whole point of being big, is the depth of expertise, it's the diversity of opinions, it's the width of knowledge, it's the energy this creates. Too many large companies are about consensus. It's about finding commonalities not celebrating variety, it's about as many people as possible having similar thoughts. It's about bureaucracy, not craft. Every large company should seek to celebrate its staff, to give them a platform, to make the most of people not the same. If you're not giving all you can to empower, promote, support, develop, test, celebrate your staff, you're doing it wrong. …see more