I think for a company to innovate, you need both to have a) an innovative person or team, and just as importantly, b) give them a lot of freedom/power. Just ha

I think for a company to innovate, you need both to have a) an innovative person or team, and just as importantly, b) give them a lot of freedom/power. Just having one or the other doesn't work. I've been at companies with innovative people, who just get stifled by higher ups, get bored, then leave. Most big companies have too many layers of power in place to keep anyone from shaking things up. I guess that's to say, I wouldn't single out MSFT. It's a disease of every large company.