Not to mention that they probably already have a dozen or more skilled employees who have already done this or could easily do it if permitted, but who are inst

Not to mention that they probably already have a dozen or more skilled employees who have already done this or could easily do it if permitted, but who are instead kept occupied with pointless busy-work. A culture of warring fiefdoms and organisational incompetence means that good ideas can easily get buried if they didn't come from the right team in the right department (or an expensive consultant employed by the same).