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There is also a trade off between being compelling and being coherent. With less coherence there's more room for error and a grander vision to sell since the listeners will fill in the detail. But it can dangerously get close to woo or irrationality.

If the coherency is too high however, it just reads like an overly detailed recipe or PRD. It's not compelling because the imagination has been squeezed out of it.

Increasing technical ability of the group increases coherency. Planning for the future is easier. Either hire higher or drop the dead weight. But if what the group needs is to be compelling, then this increased coherency makes the problem worse.

the "problem" here isn't that the team isn't "growing". The story isn't going anywhere. There's no room for "growth" "I'm a firefighter, I fight fires." isn't a growth story b/c each new fire is just the new villain of the week.

This is a *critical* story but still... from a plot perspective, this only works for childish plots like that for power rangers. "I'm a firefighter, I fight fires but one day want to be a VC." on the other hand is "moving up in the world"

All companies are part of a growth story due to expectations from shareholders. Tech companies often have a lot of growth expectations so have to generate a lot of "compelling" even at the cost of "coherency" (Theranos/Magic Leap)

Other companies still need to grow as well, but the growth expectations are smaller. The story doesn't have to have 100 twists that logically resolve and win as a horror/drama/comedy/romance hybrid.

This can be visualized like the train "Snowpiercer". The "world" has to move. If it stops it dies.