Which points a larger problem: The vast majority of people are incapable of wisely handling the complexities of modern life.
>Pretty much impossible to dislodge, without damaging the entire company.
You are correct, the only way a good company can be built (if it can be built) is ground up.
In practice this does not happen. A sort of boiling frog phenomenon. The creep sets in because the founders hired or promoted people who have better soft skills (and sometime low on principles and hard skill) over people with hard skills. Sieving and assessing multitudes of prospective candidates for a job is a very time consuming, exhausting work, and people are often willing to settle for less, especially if the organization is really successful and the founders feel the need to expand rapidly.
Which points a larger problem: The vast majority of people are incapable of wisely handling the complexities of modern life.
>Pretty much impossible to dislodge, without damaging the entire company.
You are correct, the only way a good company can be built (if it can be built) is ground up.
In practice this does not happen. A sort of boiling frog phenomenon. The creep sets in because the founders hired or promoted people who have better soft skills (and sometime low on principles and hard skill) over people with hard skills. Sieving and assessing multitudes of prospective candidates for a job is a very time consuming, exhausting work, and people are often willing to settle for less, especially if the organization is really successful and the founders feel the need to expand rapidly.