Innovation vs. Structure - When Culture Kills Creativity

Does a playful company culture breed innovation while corporate structure stifles it?

Let's examine:

• BlackBerry: From Fregin's creative "movie nights" to corporate rigidity... and ultimate failure
• Twitter→X: From user-driven experimentation to Musk's centralized control
• Apple: Jobs' chaotic creativity vs. Cook's operational excellence

Questions to ponder:

• Can companies maintain creativity at scale?
• Is the innovation/structure tradeoff inevitable?
• What's your experience in different dev cultures?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.