Why companies stop innovating

How leaders create a culture of stagnation by failing to appreciate their role

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Recently, a friend sent me an article about how leaders within big tech were trying to recapture the early startup spirit. It included trigger phrases for me like “being scrappy” and “be like a startup” and, to me, is a symptom of lack of innovation rather than a way of cultivating it. This got me thinking about how you create an…