Cameron HeroldFounder of the COO Alliance & Invest In Your Leaders Training

Think Small To Move Fast: Why Big Teams Slow You Down

9 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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A short talk by Cameron Herold advocating that organizations "think small"—use small, focused teams when solving problems to move faster. Herold emphasizes inviting only the critical few participants to meetings (rather than broad "Kumbaya" groups), arguing people not needed should spend time on their unique work; he cites Steve Jobs as an exemplar who would question why unnecessary people were present.

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I want to talk about small, and I want you to think about small. Being better than big. With the teams that you're pulling together, who are the critical few people that you need to get into a room or over zoom to solve a problem, to move something forward quickly. Forget about the Kumbaya group hub of bringing everybody into the room. Steve Jobs was brilliant at this. He would look at the people in the room and say, like, why are you here? Meaning we didn't need you to be a part of this small group to figure this out. Your time is better spent working on the projects or your unique ability. If we needed you, we would have invited you in. So actually work to think small inside of your organization.