tags: #publish links: [[Management]], [[Teams and Teamwork]] created: 2021-11-02 Tue --- # Dunbar's Number and the Monkeysphere Related: [[Factors affecting viable team size]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number The maximum (approx) number of people a person can maintain "group" psychological relationships with. This is likely determined by human cognitive, psychological and memory capabilities and the contexts our mental systems have evolved in, and is also limited by time / frequency-of-interaction constraints. Research shows limits are approximately these: - 5 people - close personal relationships, working memory - 15 people - deep trust - 50 people - mutual trust - 150 people - remembering people's capabilities See also the famous [Monkeysphere](http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html) article.