---
id: "quote-right-heads-not-more-heads"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ Fierce Efficiency"]
tags: ["hiring", "team-building"]
related: ["concept-fierce-efficiency", "entity-peter-beck"]
speaker: "Peter Beck"
speakers: ["Peter Beck"]
quote: "I don’t believe in throwing more heads at a problem. I believe in throwing the right heads at a problem."
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-119-rocket-lab-founder"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/03/the-founder-of-rocket-lab-on-competing-with-billionaires-to-lead-in-space"
sourceTitle: "The Founder of Rocket Lab on Competing with Billionaires to Lead in Space"
---
# The Right Heads, Not More Heads

**Context:** Discussing Rocket Lab's mind-blowingly small team size compared to industry standards (Electron built with ~150 people), [[entity-peter-beck|Beck]] outlines his talent philosophy — a defining trait of [[concept-fierce-efficiency]].

> I don't believe in throwing more heads at a problem. I believe in throwing the right heads at a problem.