To the extent that a change in the group is viewed as a shocking intrusion and an imposition, especially if it is viewed by members of the society as a change in the organization's cultural identity, it may be resisted. And the leader who has come to be identified with the change more than with the organization may be disowned. Michael Jinkins is associate professor of pastoral theology at Austin Presbyterian Seminary. The fabled Icarus of Greek mythology is said to have flown so high, so close to the sun, that his artificial wings melted. He plunged to his death in the Aegean Sea.
Strength can become weakness, and success, failure.
The power of Icarus's wings gave rise to the abandon that doomed him. There are many reasons why such downfalls occur. One is that organizations keep stretching their themes until they become caricatures of their former selves. At some point the cultures of such organizations have frozen. They stop being responsive to the changing situation and circumstances in which they function.