Is this simplistic? I'm not sure how much it reflects reality and how much it's "do these things to be better". Synacor was almost certainly a bureaucratic culture, though.
Ron Westrum says organizational culture predicts performance
Of note to me, and I think the most realistic (as opposed to the "messengers shot/messengers neglected/messengers trained" example of pathological->bureaucratic->learning) is the response to failure: failure leads to scapegoating, failure leads to justice, failure leads to inquiry. Justice can be tempting[1], but as someone who has failed and been met with inquiry, it feels really good.