I find this study interesting on a couple of fronts. First, I have 236 friends on Facebook as of today. According to this study, I should probably purge a few folks from my friend list ;-)
The second reason I find this interesting is looking at this from a company/organization perspective. I’ve often heard complaints that companies get too large and take on minds of their own. That organizations turn into smaller groups competing for internal resources and not working in what would be in the best interest of the overall organization. Is it just that the internal social networks get too large and the personal connections are lost? I’m a firm believer that it’s people that run organizations and not the other way around. However, when the personal connections are broken or lost, its only human nature to act in your network’s/department’s best interest.
So a note for entrepreneurs, if you want to maintain a tight, well focused team, keep it under the magic 150 number.
