A big part of non-tech company sanity comes from predictability - it's actually reasonable to project what's going to be happening in a year, much less a few mo

A big part of non-tech company sanity comes from predictability - it's actually reasonable to project what's going to be happening in a year, much less a few months. The sorts of organizations that are lumped under "technology" (mostly software-driven) are by their nature nearly completely unpredictable - and they're all led by people who absolutely, positively, cannot wrap their heads around this fact, try to implement what works under more predictable business models, and are shocked when it fails.