It should be about building relationships that allow people to make their full contribution to an organization's culture and success. At its best, fostering real communication between people is an incredibly noble profession, and makes an enormous bottom-line contribution to the organization and affects how others experience the organization. At its worst, communication is lying or propaganda that hurts people and may not even help the bottom line. First, hierarchy and bureaucracy pose a hurdle to any kind of change or transformation effort. It assumes some people are more important than others, or that process is more important than people.
Large organizations require hierarchy and bureaucracy to some degree.
We've worked with organizations attempting transformation, and it takes a lot of heart and persistence to bring about the change envisioned. Another barrier is the incredible turf mentality present in so many corporate environments. Owning a business has been, by far, the most challenging and rewarding educational experience I've had. You become intimately familiar with your strengths and weaknesses, because you brush up against them every day. I'd be bored without that non-stop growth and learning.