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This reminds me a bit of how disconnected IBM's marketing for Watson was from the reality the engineers saw on the ground. I wonder whether it's some sort of co

This reminds me a bit of how disconnected IBM's marketing for Watson was from the reality the engineers saw on the ground. I wonder whether it's some sort of consequence of scale and maturity that companies fall into that pattern.

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toomuchtodo 7y ago
Leadership gets comfortable. Comfortable leadership has no incentive to rock the boat or strive when failure is possible, and the cushness is put at risk. Good people leave, mediocre people stay but it takes time for Rome to crumble. The cycle repeats. Think Innovator's Dilemma [1], but at smaller scale. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator%27s_Dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator%27s_Dilemma