That middle tier of organizations ensures that people are working and that leadership is happy with the result. It has gotten a bad name over the last 30 years.
The State Department's switch from accessible Calibri to Times New Roman is a declaration of power, signaling that accommodations for the cognitively and visually different are no longer welcome.
Focusing on technical talent is shortsighted. True business leaders understand that the people who foster team cohesion—the "glue people"—are the ones who set the entire team up for success.