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Implicit? Tribes invented religions (over and over again) with complex rituals governing every aspect of daily, yearly, and generational life.

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Excellent point! I actually wasn't even thinking about religion. I was thinking more broad (e.g. Dowries), but you're absolutely right there are tons of explicit processes as well.

So in summary, if you want your company to be the size (employee wise) of a family, you don't need processes (a written down instruction of how to do something).

If you want your company to be the size of a religion, you do.

> size (employee wise) of a family,

Sure, but what's that - like 10 people? Yeah I'll agree then you don't need processes.

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