There are a lot of people around the world that actually want to do awesome things. They want to do their best work, but they’re not recognized by the organization. Their ideas don’t bubble up to the top, because of the complex and archaic way that we built businesses. I think that some people will lose in this future — the people that got ahead hoarding information and working in a way that was very specific to that model of an organization. You’ll have a new era of people that are able to win on their ideas, and able to win on what maybe we would consider to be actually better reasons, that open up opportunity for a lot of people that previously their voices were not necessarily heard.

I did a couple internships before we started Box. It was just so obvious that due to the hierarchical structure of an organization, if you were 21 or 22 entering that company, it’s going to take you 10 or 15 years for your ideas to be valued by anybody at the top of the organization. That’s just how it was structured. Actually, nobody at the top of the organization wants you to get ahead, because the whole design of the system is that way you can have a clear hierarchy, people can keep their jobs, etc. We actually do want disruption to that structure. We want organizations to be able to get the best ideas so they can change more rapidly, so they can perform in the best way possible. I’m generally optimistic.

— Aaron Levie

http://www.theverge.com/a/verge-2021/aaron-levie-ceo-box-interview