I think this problem also is relevant to dictators and other absolute monarchs in history. A lot of them have miserably failed their country because nobody ever had the guts to say no to them without fear of punishment. I can't help but think of Joe Stalin, who in his wisdom while trying to raise Russia from rags to riches had nobody stopping him from creating the Holodomor that happened in the Ukraine. Instead of facing the music from knowledgable people who could review his ideas and correct them, thought it would be better for those people to be purged to the gulagsHe has no one ever telling him his ideas are bad. So we have a company going in literally 19 different directions, none of which are producing any more money. You need someone on the outside to take a look at your ideas and evaluate them objectively.