The mythical idea from AirBnB: Scaling Knowledge at Airbnb. by Chetan Sharma and Jan Overgoor | by AirbnbEng | The Airbnb Tech Blog | Medium
As an organization grows, the cost of transmitting knowledge across teams and across time increases. An inefficient and anarchic research environment raises this cost, slowing down analysis and the speed of decision making. Thus, a more streamlined solution can expedite the rate at which decisions are made and keep the company nimble atop a growing base of knowledge.