Summary
Adding people doesn’t guarantee more output.
Sometimes it just guarantees more chaos.
Scaling a team isn’t like stacking Lego bricks. It’s more like piecing together a giant jigsaw puzzle — if you don’t know where the pieces fit, doubling the pile just makes it harder to finish.
So how do you grow without slowing down?
That’s exactly what we’ll explore with Inga Pflaumer on my upcoming LinkedIn Live.
🌟 Here’s What You’ll Discover:
- How to keep your team performing as headcount grows.
- Whether the definition of “scale” itself changes as you grow.
- When (and how) to evolve team structures.
- What to do if you’ve over-hired, under-hired, or made the wrong hire.
- Why per-engineer velocity often drops—and how to keep overall productivity high.
- How to anticipate communication overhead before it stalls your team.
💡 What you’ll leave with:
- A clear framework for maintaining velocity through deliberate practices.
- Confidence to shift from flat teams to specialized structures without losing startup agility.
- Data-driven ways to hire (and fire) without relying on gut feel.
- Early warning signs of bad hires—and the confidence to act decisively.
- Systems to keep teams productive even as communication complexity rises.
If you’re an engineering leader this conversation will help you reframe scaling as more than “just more people”—and give you the tools to grow without dragging your team down.
