The leaders of large corporations are able to spread out failure, so no one can ever accuse them of it. For small enough startups, leader failure is visible, s

The leaders of large corporations are able to spread out failure, so no one can ever accuse them of it. For small enough startups, leader failure is visible, so a culture of "no failure" is not possible and failure is viewed as a learning experience. When the leaders surround themselves with enough yes men and start to believe they are infallible and if there were only enough people to catch all of the pearls of wisdom falling from their mouths everything would be perfect, the "failure is not an option" culture takes hold. Happens to good leaders and will happen to me if I'm in the position were everyone is telling me I'm right all of the time.