Max Ringelmann

  • Are Small Companies Really Better At Innovation?

    Large organisations kill innovation not by size, but by inertia. To avoid this, we must embrace organisational ambidexterity—balancing core efficiency (exploitation) with radical flexibility (exploration). That’s why I believe our model of place based working – the blueprint of which… Continue reading

    Are Small Companies Really Better At Innovation?
  • The Small Challenge For Big Companies

    Small = Optimised for Innovation Research suggests that smaller teams are more optimised for innovation. Indeed, as Dashun Wang and James A. Evans write for HBR, large teams can be better at development and deployment, but small teams are better at disruption. Their analysis… Continue reading

    The Small Challenge For Big Companies
  • Why Big Teams Keep Getting Bigger

    Large teams, like large movie studios, are more likely to generate sequels than produce anything new Continue reading

    Why Big Teams Keep Getting Bigger