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EDIT: The original statement was to the effect of "if a company thinks it's safe => it fails". Gosh, that's a sweeping statement. It's a nice little sound-bite
by ihodes 16y ago
EDIT: The original statement was to the effect of "if a company thinks it's safe => it fails".
Gosh, that's a sweeping statement. It's a nice little sound-bite, but do you actually believe it?
The real problem with your statement is that it's a tautology: if a company thinks it's safe, it fails. Since we can assume that all companies fail eventually (with maybe a few outliers) it's right to think that your statement is true for all companies who think they're safe at any point, and doesn't apply to companies who do not think they're safe (whether or not they fail).
- conover 16y agoYou shouldn't be able to delete comments that have replies attached to them...
- T_S_ 16y agoI think people use it as a karma kick save. Show mercy.
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- zeraholladay 16y agoI didn't see the original comment, so I can't say that I agree with it. However, I do believe that overly comfortable companies create an internal inertia preventing innovation and change. This inertia is the insidious culture of the status quo. It's a failure to adapt. My mother worked for the newspaper industry and I got to see this firsthand. Unfortunately, there's no dramatic death spiral like a Yeats poem -- just a slow steady decline over the years.