[hacker-gene]

> Control needs to be proportional to communication.

First time I've heard of this, and I'm pretty sure there's good insight here somewhere (I don't think I've heard it mentioned anywhere), would be great if you can expand on it.

[nl]

Thanks. I just made it up.. but I don't think it's anything complicated.

Control should only be exerted over things where you have sufficient knowledge. In a rapidly changing environment - be it business or battle - knowledge can only come via communication.

Strong centralized control can only work well in environments where communication is strong too. Otherwise decisions must be made with less knowledge than other parts of the organisation closer to the action the decision affects.

[davidw]

> Thanks. I just made it up.. but I don't think it's anything complicated.

It's a nice phrase and concept. If you could fluff it up a few hundred pages, you could get a business book of your own out of it...

[plastics]

That control and communication are correlated is one of reasons why feudalism became so 'popular' after the fall of the Roman empire.