Centralized things are hollow.
- Centralized things are hollow.
- They are not situated, they are one-size-fits-none.
- The bigger an entity is, the more they succumb to the Optimization Ratchet.
- The harder it is to avoid it.
- The scale means that even a small optimization has material change.
- The asymmetry that causes the Optimization Ratchet gets larger the more centralized the entity.
- When you have one perspective over the whole system, the value of optimization becomes more clear.
- This is the force that fundamentally kills organizations as they grow, inexorably.
- Organizations become sleepwalking giants.