I love Tom Peters and his consciousness-raising and challenging ideas, so that is truly a compliment.  I work in the Seattle area which suffers from the institutional pathologies of two major companies, Boeing and Microsoft.
There is something about "the Microsoft way" in general that is in opposition to where I am oriented, as many a Microsofter has shared an Russian proverb (which I paraphrase):  "People are Problems, No Person, No Problem."
The underlying message is that individuals are disposable and the result is a groupthink that gives us liability proof EULA's and nearly unusable User Interfaces for products we barely need.  In  a society where culpability rolls down to the least well defended I think of another proverb that sadly rings true- "I don't have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you."
We are incentivized to avoid attention, and by extension, blame. I moved my innovation out of house so if my ideas don't work, the purchaser can just stop paying my invoices.  I can't seem to lose a job now.