past 30-60 employees, companies enter the theatre stage. 

discussions become less outcome driven and more focused on putting on a performance for the others in the room.

the performances don't just suck up energy from productivity, but also saturate every decision making process with noise.

that's interesting. have you seen some examples? 

I've seen relative success in "startup within a startup" models. give autonomy to a group led by someone you trust and then roast them privately in small meetings. 

"cross-functional" meetings are more theatre like.

do you think larger organizations can avoid this by clearly separating responsibilities into smaller groups? Like a microservices architecture approach to org structure