Welcome to the study of how groups of people interact. We'll probably have it all figured out in a few hundred years or so :) Couple good books come to mind. T

Welcome to the study of how groups of people interact. We'll probably have it all figured out in a few hundred years or so :) Couple good books come to mind. The best of which is probably The Innovator's Dilemma, for how new ideas get killed by companies. There are a lot of reasons what seems obvious won't actually work -- even though many companies still keep kicking that can down the road. This whole area is like a siren's song both in the corporate world and in government. Everybody is building "centers of excellence" and "knowledge incubators", and whatever else buzzwordy thing they can come up with to spend money. But the record of such efforts is appalling. Just for one example, take a look at Microsoft -- tens of billions in cash, tens of thousands of brilliant people, and they're lucky to get a release of windows out in time. Too many reasons to go into in this short of a space, and of course there are a lot of true believers that would argue with my conclusion. Suffice it to say that smart companies have figured out it's easier just to write a check.