In the aviation industry, Lockheed Martin famously avoided 'resting on its laurels' by having a separate 'skunkworks' part (who made the U-2, SR-71 and practically invented 'stealth' i.e. F-117, F-22, etc)

It was originally created by Kelly but he managed to transmit the spirit to a successor, who wrote an interesting book about his time (80's and 90's) called 'stealth'. If you look on Google you can find the PDF.

Another book about organisations having to deal with ossification is 'the soul of a new machine'. It's written by a journalist that was embedded in a R&D department of a computer manufacturer in the 70's and 80's. The place is run by someone a lot like Kelly Johnson, and the author managed very well to get into his mind. Again, I believe you can find a PDF on Google.