Small team, just getting traction (which may have contributed to its demise) I have observed at least three forms of organizational dysfunction; One the "wron

Small team, just getting traction (which may have contributed to its demise) I have observed at least three forms of organizational dysfunction; One the "wrong" group has the winning idea. In companies where a particular group is associated with a technology, a group outside that organization that comes up with a good idea gets killed rather than nurtured. The idea is too far outside the organizations historical core competencies for leadership to appreciate the innovation it represents. The success of a team is counter to the organizational plan of the senior leadership of the organization, resulting in killing the team/idea. The really interesting thing is that peer teams see "ohh, that was a good idea and yet it got killed, better not work on that!" rather than "it was a mistake to kill that idea, we need to keep it alive." These things don't happen below a certain size threshold because its still possible for the entire organization to both be aware of something and its potential. I attribute this to senior leadership at the "division" level is really focused on what is best for them and not the company but that is just a guess, of all the levels of management that I've participated in I have never been that senior in a company with that sort of scale.