The Dead Sea Effect [1] nicely describes this sort of "toxic environment" in a pretty well-written piece from 2008. In the author's case, he traces it back to t

The Dead Sea Effect [1] nicely describes this sort of "toxic environment" in a pretty well-written piece from 2008. In the author's case, he traces it back to the inability to bring people into and out of an organization. [1] http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-sea-effect/ http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-d...