"That's just another thing for me to manage"

This is the reason why so many work projects or initiatives or new tech fail.

... this is the pervasive way of thinking about things in the white-collar enterprise world (which admittedly is often a slice of work), and this is probably the most brutal to any ideas around "innovation" or "growth," IMHO. 

Basic situation: executive orders some new tech. He was really kicking tires on it for months. He brought in tons of stakeholders…