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The death spiral of company innovation is when a critical mass of people realize that raising personal status via politics has far more benefits.

This isn’t necessarily bad. When you’re ahead, play consistently. When you’re behind, play higher volatility.

The larger the company the more disconnected results are from organizational status. They become either/or choices.

The more people are kept in the dark about this choice the more “free” work you can get.

Startups often abuse this to saueeze out free work. Although impact is more obvious, the goals are so high that any impact can be viewed as tiny from the right perspective.