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The lack of organisational willingness is usually a combination of managerial debt and veeps/senior managers whose annual bonus depends on keeping things as the
by TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
The lack of organisational willingness is usually a combination of managerial debt and veeps/senior managers whose annual bonus depends on keeping things as they are.
Managerial debt can happen anywhere, including tech firms. It's where you're dealing with people who don't understand what recent technology can do. Maybe they got it 10-50 years ago. Maybe they were very good at it 10-50 years ago. But today they're behind the curve and unwilling or unable to understand that a working modern solution is possible.
They may also be risk averse for perfectly rational reasons, in which case you need to sell damage management security promises and fall backs with any upgrades.
The bonus issue is a very real problem. If there's pushback from that level it's often because those people can see dollars moving from them to the newcomers. And they'll do almost anything they can to prevent that.
These are very difficult issues to deal with, because they're usually hidden behind spurious excuses and rationales and passive blocking actions.