I'd go a bit deeper than that, Wensleydale...
How about too many people talking a good job, and not enough people getting things done?
After my little incident, I became a desk jonny. I was resonably well motivated & competent, but the work was piling on to me, they were whipping the willing horse.
Simple prioritisation degenerated into a system of work avoidance. What could I do to postpone one job so that I could concentrate on a more important one. Bung an e mail back asking for more info? Job done.
The IPT, almost without fail, issued STI's, RTI's & UTI's on a Friday. I suspect that the reason for this was that they spent all week having meetings, and had to make it someone else's problem by the weekend. .