I'd disagree progress becomes impossible, for the simple reason at this point rules and processes start getting bypassed or skipped altogether. I once had a ro

I'd disagree progress becomes impossible, for the simple reason at this point rules and processes start getting bypassed or skipped altogether. I once had a role in management at a mid size software company. The company was quite stodgy, with a lot of regulations and processes. If I'd wanted to I could have worked a solid 60 hours a week keeping up with all the process and procedure changes, and then following them. After attempting just this, I realized in a few weeks I did not want to, so I simply stopped. And guess what? Nothing happened. Of course I heard about a few things that needed to be done, and quickly learned exactly which ten of the hundreds of processes were important; or rather had someone who's job it was to track them. I continued in a this purely reactive manner, saving myself a lot of work and trouble, and had a really high performing team in the organization. There was an article some weeks ago about the merits of doing nothing, indeed this is why I don't believe this article expresses a valid concern.