[gargarplex]

I will agree that innovate does not mean hockey stick, and I appreciate the clarification; I meant to convey "disruptively innovate" and that happens extremely rarely as a native occurrence in bigcos.

I also agree about the "segregate the company" idea; for example Amazon silos its innovation units into separate companies with separate campuses to compensate for the natural organizational dynamic.

But I do not know about the history of Bell Labs (except its prestigious accomplishments) and what enabled it to be so effective. Perhaps there is a telling history book?