While that&#x27;s certainly a problem case, I&#x27;d argue that it&#x27;s rarer than creators taking as long to deliver a project as possible (why not, it&#x27;s easier?). Which collapses down to the general communism&#x2F;capitalism split for me (aka &quot;Why does a person do a thing?&quot;).<p>If you apply processes that were designed for average or lowly motivated teams to highly self-motivated teams, you lose efficiency. But if you apply processes for highly self-motivated teams to other teams, equally bad things happen.<p>So the optimal solution is that employees need to be managed according to their individual needs. Some people need managers. Some people hate managers. If a company really wants efficiency, then they&#x27;ll recognize both of these and cater to them differently.<p>Unfortunately, I think in the the real world the highly self-motivated individuals just get recognized as &quot;talented&quot; and pushed up into management themselves. Which is probably about the most terrible outcome. :\