{"id":3228,"date":"2026-04-06T16:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:12:27","slug":"jpmorgan-has-300k-employees-but-jamie-dimon-says-it-wins-by-deploying-small-teams-like-navy-seals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=3228","title":{"rendered":"JPMorgan has 300K employees but Jamie Dimon says it wins by deploying small teams like Navy SEALs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jamie Dimon believes that to win big, you often have to think small\u2014or at least in small teams.<\/p>\n

In his annual shareholder letter published Monday, the longtime JPMorgan Chase CEO said the company\u2019s \u201creal competitive battles\u201d are fought on a more granular scale.<\/p>\n

Despite JPMorgan having more than 300,000 employees worldwide, he claimed the best way to fix a problem is to assign it to a small but capable team fully dedicated to the task, including in several areas like AI, marketing, and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe teams needed to tackle these challenges should be small and authorized with the decision-making ability to move and act like Navy SEALs or the Army\u2019s Delta Force,\u201d wrote Dimon.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, a larger group trying to solve a problem won\u2019t give it the priority it needs to be resolved quickly. When a task is only 1% of a person\u2019s job, you don\u2019t get the same results as when everyone is 100% focused on the same objective, he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery often when a management team wants to accomplish something new, like create a digital account opening process that cuts across virtually every area, everyone on the team says, \u2018We\u2019ll get it done,\u2019 meaning they will add it to the long list of tasks already on their plate,\u201d Dimon added.<\/p>\n

Science mostly backs up this theory. More than 100 years ago, French agricultural engineer Max Ringelmann discovered that an individual pulled a rope with more force alone than they did in a group, which he theorized was partly because people expect their teammates to pick up the slack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1979, another study by Bibb Latan\u00e9, Kipling Williams, and Stephen Harkins of Ohio State University on \u201csocial loafing\u201d found that individual effort dropped sharply as the group cooperating on a task grew.<\/p>\n

The researchers argued this psychological tendency comes about because people assume their teammates aren\u2019t trying hard, they set lower personal goals when help is available, and they feel less individual accountability when their contribution isn\u2019t evaluated or rewarded separately. The researchers concluded that at least one of the keys to preventing social loafing is restoring individual responsibility within a group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Business leaders have also tried to tackle the issue of social loafing for years. In the early days of Amazon, founder Jeff Bezos instituted a \u201ctwo pizzas\u201d rule which claimed any team that can\u2019t be fed by two pizzas was too big. <\/p>\n

In 2023, Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on \u201cefficiency\u201d by laying off thousands of employees and flattening the company\u2019s management structure, which he later claimed led to the company moving faster.<\/p>\n

In the age of AI, tech companies are reducing their workforces while still expecting the same results or better. Block earlier this year laid off 40% of its workforce partly due to the progress of AI tools, according to CEO Jack Dorsey. Even startups have been able to seize upon AI to grow exponentially with teams of less than 20 people.<\/p>\n

For Dimon, winning in business demands \u201cspeed, agility, and relentless execution,\u201d and creating small teams is the best way to deliver it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is trench warfare; it\u2019s about fighting for every inch, moving quickly and getting things done,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

#JPMorgan #300K #employees #Jamie #Dimon #wins #deploying #small #teams #Navy #SEALs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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