Large-Group Leadership - Gained InSite: philosophical things for normal people
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Large-Group Leadership - Gained InSite: philosophical things for normal people
Groups of 30: Thirty starts to feel like a party, whether or not your gathering is one.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Around a dozen members is the sweet spot of social motivation: small enough to know everyone, yet large enough that the group won’t collapse if one or two members’ enthusiasm wanes; small enough that you are not daunted by competing with the whole world, yet large enough that you still need to be on your toes to keep up.
James Mulholland • James Mulholland
There is, they suggested, a limit on the number of people we can feel sympathy for, and this seems to set a limit on other groupings where close psychological interaction is required.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Fritz Heider had argued that having too many close friends was a disadvantage because it increases the risk of conflict between them, and this would then set a limit on the number of close friends you could have.