>the irony on it is that reality is often closer to the other way around. All too often the front-line workers do not have a direct voice that will be responde

>the irony on it is that reality is often closer to the other way around. All too often the front-line workers do not have a direct voice that will be responded to from above in anything but a generic way. So without guidane from above, or in spite of it, the lower echelon ends up aligned most closely with the macro vision of what they think the company is supposed to be like traditionally or as a unit, and it's often quite a bit different than some leaders toward the top who are in position to identify and gravitate to directions that are more lucrative for themselves than the company as a whole.