Averages kill

As a company grows it starts looking at averages rather than specifics. Management decisions are then based on averages rather than on specifics.

There is an interesting saying on 'averages'. It says that the concept of average is like a bikini. What it reveals is interesting but what it hides is vital.

So as the company grows the vital things get hidden from the management's view. The management stops seeing the right things. And as a result sooner or later the company trips over and falls flat on its face either breaking a bone or eventually dying in the process.