an interesting insight into Netflix
this is definitely one of the more interesting slide decks i’ve run across in the past few months. it’s been making the rounds as of late. there are some refreshingly capitalist notions of how attract strong employees and to drive business direction. however, i find their assertions re: scale of an organization interesting. last i checked netflix was a relatively small company with ~400-500 employees. a good chunk of their staff i suspect is associated with the packaging and handling of the DVD content and as they move online with more content they’re going to improve the efficiency (in terms of revenue / head). but i find myself wondering how many of these principles apply to large organizations with lots of business units and departments within business units.
is there a practical limit to how well these principles scale? or do you simply look to subdivide the application of these principles to new and smaller contexts? as corporations grow, a level of process emerges or you have chaos. or at least that’s what i’ve been told. i’m quietly reserving judgment.
