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Dunbar's Number & Team Size

Tom Geraghty · Organisational Design, Complexity & Systems

Applies Dunbar's Number — the ~150 person cognitive limit on stable relationships — to team design and organisational structure. Shows the evolutionary basis for the limit and its practical implications for when organisations should split, restructure, or form distinct units.

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