Organizations can calcify. Experienced people become incumbents, using their knowledge as a competitive advantage. New people don't respect the existing structu

Organizations can calcify. Experienced people become incumbents, using their knowledge as a competitive advantage. New people don't respect the existing structure. It's half growing pains, half power struggle. A healthy organization takes these competing forces and integrates them. An unhealthy one (maybe one used to an overbearing, God-like leader?) clamps down, suppresses dissent, and lets the pressure build until something breaks.