Blogging can be a very solitary work and sometimes encouragement is needed. (simplenaturedecorblog.com)
Lawyers may need space for solitary work, but they need it for many other things as well, including collaboration and clients. (canadianlawyermag.com)
If an instructional designer chose this field because they enjoy the mostly solitary work of organizing info and explaining it, then it's understandable that they'd be uncomfortable with and maybe want to avoid the messy, collaborative work necessary to include business strategy and stakeholders. (blog.cathy-moore.com)