In reading this board for awhile, I've noticed that many who post here are quite intelligent and were used to varying degrees while in the borg. Yet, you are the folks that felt the need to leave or at least disengage.
When you think about businesses that have been sucessful for a long period of time (not that many because its pretty tough) one thing they have in common is the ability to attract and keep top performing employees, whether they're on the front line or in management. After all, for the company to continue running, someone will need to step in when the leaders retire or die. So, lower and middle management (in this case elders and COs) are the pipeline to upper management (starting with DOs and moving on up to the GB).
It seems there is an disproportionate number of highly valued employees here who have left. What effect do you think this is having in the local congregations and on the organization overall. When will the tipping point occur when the pipeline drys up?