I think that comes down to having strong leadership (which you would want to minimize churn in, because the timescales of executing projects as an IC are an ord

I think that comes down to having strong leadership (which you would want to minimize churn in, because the timescales of executing projects as an IC are an order magnitude different from executing on strategic goals). E.g. Amazon, Costco, Patagonia, etc. If executives could finish meaningful goals in a few weeks like ICs can, I'm sure they'd be switching every 2 years too.