Many hands make light work.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When many people share a task, each person's effort is reduced.
- In plain terms
- Many hands make work light.
- What can you take from it?
- Collaborate to reduce individual workload.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does collaboration become inefficient?
- How to manage coordination?
Another view
Coordination costs can offset benefits.
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