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📈 Scale vs. Value

Cliff Brake October 17, 2025 #scaling #value #growth #organization #systems

As scale increases (# of people, # of technologies, # of products, # of teams, life cycle of product, experience, amount of knowledge, etc.), what does the value produced look like?

Metcalfe's law states that the financial value or influence of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system.

In communication and economic systems, we often find Metcalfe's law to be true. However, personally and organizationally, the results often plateau as projects/systems/organizations grow.

Which of the below graphs describes you personally or organizationally? How do we get from average -> great?

average

good

great