I had a friend who worked at a startup which was acquired by IBM. They managed to piss everyone off about 6 months after inserting IBM managers. Typical "You'

I had a friend who worked at a startup which was acquired by IBM. They managed to piss everyone off about 6 months after inserting IBM managers. Typical "You're a startup. We're IBM. Our way has stood the test of time, so we'll help you out by implementing it here" stuff. And I don't argue IBM has learned a lot of incredible business and management lessons over the years. But you can't give a perfect playbook to someone of average intelligence, tell them they're the smartest person in the room because of the playbook, then turn them loose with other smart people and expect good things to happen.