So whilst modern "cog in the machine" software development kills innovation within the company, we live in an age where "anyone" could build the next facebook.
That’s true for startups as well as big companies.
A company of four people could have a dead software process just because it’s super organized, with jira, tickets, sprints, user stories, CI/CD, testing deployment and monitoring.
The more organized your software process, the more dead it is, in terms of creativity and innovation.
A good process can be empowering. It's just that 98%~ish of processes are not good.
You're coming off as someone whose never had to coordinate a large number of people to deliver anything concurrently before.