Placing a ladder over a banana peel to avoid people slipping on it is not the most efficient solution. ​However, if you look at organisations (certainly the bigger ones), it is quite strange that they have built so many ladders into their structures and systems. A ‘ladder’ in this context is used to indicate an inefficient pattern that we keep repeating because it has proven successful in the past, although it currently isn't very efficient or doesn't lead to the results that we want. Let's explore how those ladders get into existence.