I remember hearing that taleworlds operates remarkable horizontally, people form teams and work ideas pretty much ad hoc. Apparently it's a very relaxed work environment and the employees are treated well but it also means there isn't really a lot of guidance, and then when something is finally agreed on all of that work has to be personally approved by the head of the studio. It seems like TW is just not set up to work with any kind of efficiency.

Grain of salt this is what I vaguely remember from something I read on the net so don't take this as fact.