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They're not mutually exclusive but the point is that single-minded ambition towards cultural excellence is a one-way ticket to a rudderless company that has no
by ihsw2 9y ago
They're not mutually exclusive but the point is that single-minded ambition towards cultural excellence is a one-way ticket to a rudderless company that has no means of averting disaster.
Such a company can only exist in a fantasy land where growth and expansion are always eschewed for social justice.
- zbentley 9y agoSure, but a single-minded ambition towards product excellence at the expense of cultural excellence creates a company that acts unethically towards its employees and, likely, its consumers/surroundings as well (if it doesn't go out of business due to its cultural problems). That's just as bad as rudderlessness, if not worse. The answer needn't be an extreme, and these discussions needn't consider business success as the sole axis of correctness--ethics should be considered as well, whether or not it has a monetary value.