what they actually needed to do was fire most of the staff in every team, leaving behind the two people who actually had good domain knowledge, then allow them

what they actually needed to do was fire most of the staff in every team, leaving behind the two people who actually had good domain knowledge, then allow them to collaborate with good engineering teams to build sensible processes and systems Well duh...of course you'd want that. But it is not so easy is it? I'd also instantly fire half my staff and hire hard working geniuses instead. But that just isn't an option, unfortunately.