This #CurseOfBigness is why major shifts in big companies are often attended by the return of the founder - think of Gates going back to Microsoft or Brin returning to Google to oversee their AI projects. They are the only execs that other execs *can't* knife in the back.

This is the real #InnovatorsDilemma. The internal politics of large companies make Machiavelli look like an optimist.

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