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  • Scaled - Discover what it takes to grow with Nick Ledger
    2026/04/17
    Join host Nick Ledger as he explores the science behind scaling—from startups and pizza economics to bird flocks and organizational structures. Discover why some systems grow beautifully while others collapse, and what nature figured out that your org chart is missing.

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    1 分
  • Scaled - The Soul Problem: What Hypergrowth Actually Costs
    2026/04/17
    Nick Ledger explores the hidden casualties of hypergrowth—what companies lose when they triple teams in months. From diluted trust to vanished culture, he unpacks why scaling isn't preservation but mourning and rebuilding, using biology, math, and startup stories to reveal the real cost of getting bigger fast.

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    24 分
  • Scaled - Starlings, Startups, and the Myth of the Genius at the Top
    2026/04/17
    Nick Ledger explores why starlings, human biology, and microchips scale brilliantly without genius leadership. Drawing on Santa Fe Institute research and forty years of chip design, he reveals how distributed intelligence and energy minimization beat traditional hierarchies.

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    21 分
  • Scaled - The Growth Trap: Why Adding More of Everything Is a Terrible Strategy
    2026/04/17
    Nick Ledger unpacks why hiring more people doesn't equal scaling—it's just expensive growth. Using burrito stands, biology, and brutal math, he reveals how companies confuse addition with multiplication and trap themselves in unsustainable expansion. Real scaling means better unit economics, not bigger teams.

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    18 分