Most importantly because most organizations just copy what everyone else does. They're afraid of trying anything different than the status quo and don't want t

Most importantly because most organizations just copy what everyone else does. They're afraid of trying anything different than the status quo and don't want to risk it. "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM", right? Same stuff, different context. Nobody ever got fired for copying Google, Spotify, Twitter, <insert hyped company name here>. This is the unfortunate truth IMO. Organizations rather get the known "cruft" instead of taking a chance to innovate. Companies, especially early on, can't afford to innovate on many areas and this is a bet they simply don't want to make. Now, ask developers if they were less or more efficient when their managers left for a month or more. Every single one I've ever asked was way more productive, happy and surprisingly even upper management was happier because status updates had one less layer of telephone.