@brains : it's because (like politicians, rather than
statesmen) they (that is, the suits, the bean-counters and their kind) tend to think tactically rather than strategically. That is, they're too busy fire-fighting, attacking the problem at hand, to have the time (or the inclination, or perhaps even the
wit) to address the "big picture".
As I have observed previously, such people tend to be of short tenure. As in, "grab the money and run"!
@Graham : who* was it who famously said:-
"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there".(and I should know, seeing that it's where I spend most of my time)
But, on the other hand, another wise old dude mumbled:-
"Choose the future, as against the past"!Meaning, of course, to look ahead instead of glancing back.
For what it's worth, that same sage advised (almost fifty years ago now), to "aim high - aim for something that will make a difference, rather than something that is "safe" and easy to do". In other words, find something that needs to be done, and do it. But persevere!
*
It was L.P.Hartley in the opening lines of "The Go-Between"
