It's not just design by committee (though it amazes me how many companies still think they're somehow able to design with any sort of integrity using this metho

It's not just design by committee (though it amazes me how many companies still think they're somehow able to design with any sort of integrity using this method). It's also the fact that it's quite common to have a manager who lacks the sort of vision needed for their job (as management is the default route up the ladder), yet manages people who are generating new ideas and ends up stifling them, perhaps inadvertently. It galls me, because it seems so simple. I'll get out my thick brush here, and say that over time, institutions seem to only ever be good at perpetuating themselves, rather than tackling the problems they were originally formed for.