> The other stuff is a byproduct of modern corporate management. Most companies don’t have departments that do administrative or organizational analysis. They r

> The other stuff is a byproduct of modern corporate management. Most companies don’t have departments that do administrative or organizational analysis. They run lean and hire the capability. Another quality comment from Spooky23. Your points cannot be understated. I would add my own biased and limited insight; companies should not* investigate the history, decision-making, conflicts and other explosive topics that makes a company tick. The kind of topics managers gossip about but are loathe to put into writing as key insights, either out of fear or out of a lack of detachment. If the company needs that "central intelligence" function enough to hire internally, the company is probably dying, i.e. the management has failed and can no longer produce intelligence. But when management fails every now and then, executives will bring on a neutral third party to perform this kind of sensitive research, which could lead to heads rolling. Or that third party could just be a hatchetmen who does the killing themselves.