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So what is the main contradiction for many companies—such as Alibaba and Baidu?
If you ask me to summarize, I'd say it's that companies need to decentralize after reaching a certain stage of development, but the problem arises from the high degree of centralization that's too strong.
This is the case with many companies. They were built entirely on the capabilities of an exceedingly potent leader, whose authority was so dominant that he had no partners, only subordinates.
Therefore, when the company develops to a point where it needs to fully leverage everyone's talents, the subordinates will still continue to seek the leader's opinion on everything instead of being highly autonomous.
This is just a simple analogy, the actual situation is definitely more complicated.
Think about it, if Jobs hadn't passed away but had stepped down instead, do you believe Apple would have immediately plunged into internal strife?
