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The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Richard Rabins over at fastcompany.com has this to say [fastcompany.com] on the subject of small teams and tech innovation:

There’s a reason startups are driving so much innovation today. In many cases, it's a simple matter of size. Smaller teams of smart, qualified, motivated people are often able to collaborate and communicate better than bigger ones. That's hardly a new idea in the business world, but how bigger organizations can go about creating small-team dynamics is still an open question. So here's a look at what we know about small teams' effectiveness in the tech sector and how to put them to good use.

According to Gallup’s 2013 "State of the American Workplace" report [employeeengagement.com], 42% of U.S. employees working at companies of 10 or fewer people felt they were "engaged" at work. That's compared with the 30% of employees at large companies who said the same. To be sure, neither of those are especially high scores for engagement, but it's clear that smaller teams have a leg up.

The tl;dr version of TFA for those of you who aren't going to read it:

1. Quality over quantity
2. Communication
3. Teamwork

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