Too many cooks spoil the broth
When managing group projects or decisions
Understanding the Rule
Too many people involved in decision-making creates confusion, conflict, and poor outcomes. Excessive collaboration dilutes vision and creates mediocrity through compromise.
What Happens When You Break It
Excessive collaboration leads to design by committee, endless debates, mediocre compromises, slow progress, conflicting visions, and poor outcomes.
Benefits of Following This Rule
Limited collaboration maintains vision, enables decisiveness, produces superior outcomes, accelerates progress, and prevents mediocrity from excessive compromise.