Stumbled upon

It’s safe to say that one of our favorite parts of the week is retrospective. Every Friday evening we squish the entire family in the lounge (which is a feat in itself when we’re all present) and take a look at what we’ve achieved during the week. This is the opportunity for some of the Wunderkinder to proudly present their work, and get everyone in the team up to speed on progress. We also discuss other important stuff here – how can we make the office more quiet? Would working from home make us more productive? Who drank all the beers?

…decades of research show that individuals almost always perform better than groups in both quality and quantity, and group performance gets worse as group size increases. The “evidence from science suggests that business people must be insane to use brainstorming groups,” wrote the organizational psychologist Adrian Furnham. “If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.