Good managers have a bias for action.
Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
If timing ain't everything, it's damn close
But there's no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.