I have a theory about when innovation slows down to a crawl. Its the inflection point of where there are too many stakeholders to take quick decisions. I don't

I have a theory about when innovation slows down to a crawl. Its the inflection point of where there are too many stakeholders to take quick decisions. I don't know what that inflection point is (3-4 ?) but its what I have observed again and again in big organisations.