Scale is just an excuse!
Our industry spends a lot of time talking about scale. For many it is talking about gaining scale to be able to justify owning new equipment, buying more land, or driving up labour efficiency. For others it is a reason not to do things. The most common comment that we hear is “we don’t have the scale to be able to do that” or “we need more scale”. Interestingly when we see an enterprise grow to a large scale size, the exact opposite comments start to come into play. Thing
