So many times. If we take the (cough) hackers and painters analogy to weird places, software is painting. Where when if you have everybody being creative, the

So many times. If we take the (cough) hackers and painters analogy to weird places, software is painting. Where when if you have everybody being creative, the vision can get watered down and not as good as it could be. Companies are the same thing, when different people have conflicting goals, and want to express their creativity, it breeds conflict. Some conflicts and checks and balances are good, but I believe the most creativity happens when groups are small, vision is unified, and everybody's more or less on the same page. Working with sharp people is great, but often there are multiple equivalent choices. Arguing over A and B, or compromising to do a little of both, is often way worse than going all in on A or B and then moving on to the next task.