I've worked in Corporate America, consulted for government and at startups. I know it's difficult to understand, but organizing people around large and complex

I've worked in Corporate America, consulted for government and at startups. I know it's difficult to understand, but organizing people around large and complex goals is hard, and I wouldn't say that it requires a 'submission of autonomy' ... but it does mean that people's roles become much more narrow and that it's really hard to see every move in the big picture. The best place to see it is in the military, where people are often thrown in situations with much higher risk etc. where the payoff might not be as much as we'd like ... but if we want to defeat Hitler, that's pretty much the way it's going to be. Soldiers in 'good armies' get to make decisions about the tactical bound in front of them and not much beyond that. No 'big picture' stuff. Most of corporate America is highly inefficient but it's also not that bad. Another way to understand it is that inefficiency means underutilization ... but we still show up and have meetings to fill time anyhow. Like some managers could work 25% of the time and do just as well, but their jobs are mostly still important. It's hard to see that often from a 'single position' - how doing XYZ might seem perfectly obviously in the companies best interest but it may not be able to work that way. Though of course often it is.