Too many cooks in the kitchen spoils the soup
a critical quote
Design by committee
another negative quote
There is a general wisdom that too much input can be a bad thing. Cooks will all provide different opinions and ingredients to a soup. Ruining the soup in the process.
Committees can dilute vision, broaden scope and generally derail projects. All resulting from too many inputs and opinions.
Creative talent and artists need space and freedom to operate. Often talent and motivation are stifled in organizations. There must be a deafness to bad input. We must resist bad advice. We must ignore the ignorant.
A good soup is divine. A good product is simple and reliable.