[motohagiography]

Can recommend another couple of anti-pattern archetypes, but maybe adding a level above product about the form the organizations themselves take could provide some additional insight. It could be helpful to look at the incentives for why these figures emerge. Nobody wants to become these, but they do it to survive. They only do it because it works for them, and we get what we reward.

These political animals also need a habitat, which means food/water, cover, and space. The stage of the organization sets up the conditions for these anti-pattern characters to thrive. The main incentives I've seen in organizations have to do with company stage. Institutions are their own kind of pseudo-soviet crazy, but companies have a life cycle with a finite set of stages, outs, and consequent incentives.

It depends on things like how much runway you have, committed revenue, investor horizon, and executive management character. Maybe there's a potential update.