I observe lots of activity in all sorts of enterprises, public and private, see KPI’s set and met, initiatives announced with fanfare (and in the case of the NSW Government re-announced)but little of any value seems to be happening.
Familiar?
Enter the Rocking Horse syndrome.
Lots of activity, failure to make any useful progress, but sometimes it keep the kids happy, for a while anyway.
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Way, way too familiar! Not sure if is tied to the need to be seen to be busy and doing things, or whether it is linked to the all to common abysmal ability to make real decisions that lead to achieving positive outcomes.
… or both.
I think both, plus a deep sense of risk aversion. Anything that could under any circumstances be seen as controversial, or having a firm view by which you are prepared to be judged, is to be avoided in the interests of personal “safety”.