[ian0]

At its core a company is a machine that makes money.

Once the machine is up and running, you just have to avoid not breaking it. An org at this stage can be completely dysfunctional as long as the machine keeps running. Also figuring out the "wins" while scaling are much more obvious than while trying to start.

[freefaler]

That's true if the environment where the machine work doesn't change. However with business environment changing the machine need to change as well.

Big corporations have "moats" (as per Buffet's definition) and a big bank vendor locked into your solution will drag a badly working machine for years.