During a period of exciting discovery or progress there is not time to plan the perfect headquarters. If Parkinson is correct, leaders don't have the time to build perfect headquarters until they believe they have already solved all of their difficult problems. This suggests an uncomfortable reality: The moment a company begins building a monument to itself might be the moment it is nearing irrelevance. According to our extensive research, companies tend to build monuments to themselves during the Saturation phase. And if you realize you built a monument to yourself, consider tearing it down before it tears you down.

Source: Forbes December 13, 2019 11:26 UTC