> "Shigeru Miyamoto is the genius behind Super Mario, and him and his small team are responsible for so much of their hierarchy's success. Nintendo stands tall

> "Shigeru Miyamoto is the genius behind Super Mario, and him and his small team are responsible for so much of their hierarchy's success. Nintendo stands tall to this day." Not really a counterexample. If you have one hypertalented person that rises to the top of the otherwise moribund system, sure they can work miracles ... until they retire. Moreover, their blind spots become the company's blind spots; e.g. missing out on network features like cloud saves that Nintendo is criticized for. It's not a generally applicable model.