Do Product Owners evolve and adapt like fire ants?

Mike Cohn posted something I found interesting this week...

"...product owners evolve in adaptation to their environment, just as the fire ants had evolved in adaptation to theirs. His unfortunate situation won’t change until some other environmental factor comes along that changes the motivation and incentives of the product owners."

When I look at the Product Owner for the EnvisionConnect project, Darryl Booth, I think I see where Mike is coming from. Darryl's focus has changed quite a bit in the year or so that he has been in the role, but until reading Mike's thoughts I hadn't attempted to determine just how much.

I think I'll make that one of my next projects and let you know what I find.