Why can't organizations just become more Agile?

 

Sure, we like to think we can control the successful outcome of our projects, but as we all know, there are often times organizational barriers that are just too hard to overcome.  

This article on InfoQ list some common barriers that's helpful to keep in mind:

1. Ineffective use of the retrospective
2. Inability to get everyone in the planning meetings
3. Failure to pay attention to the infrastructure required
4. Bad ScrumMasters
5. Product Owner is Consistently Unavailable or There are Too Many Owners Who Disagree
6. Reverting to Form
7. Obtaining Only "Checkbook Commitments" from Executive Management
8. Teams Lacking Authority and Decision-Making Ability
9. Not Having an Onsite Evangelist for Remote Locations
10. A Culture that Does Not Support Learning
11. Denial is Embraced Instead of the Brutal Truth
12. People will always put their own interests ahead of the interests of the group.
13. People are self-interested
14. Commercial production decisions are based on rational expectations.
15. Karl Popper's "First law of collective action". You can never get more than 5 people to agree on anything

What barriers have you come across not listed above and what did you do to overcome them?