Sure, the CEO delegates decisions to his COO. Ok, now the COO has to decide which 5 projects to find out of the 12 the company wants to do. Business decisions

Sure, the CEO delegates decisions to his COO. Ok, now the COO has to decide which 5 projects to find out of the 12 the company wants to do. Business decisions are rarely black and white which is why if you can’t articulate why you should get resources, you won’t - someone who can articulate their value better will get resources. And if they can convince someone else their idea is best, now you’ve got two people advocating (i.e. politics). The larger orgs get the more politics because there is simply to much going on for any one person to have all the information needed to make a decision - they can only rely on others to argue for their own priorities.