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A Freakonomics episode claims that corporations "grow into slow behemoths" because, by the nature of being successful, you tend to have more programs to maintai
by bumby 3y ago
A Freakonomics episode claims that corporations "grow into slow behemoths" because, by the nature of being successful, you tend to have more programs to maintain. So you spend more time in maintenance mode and outsource your innovation by acquiring scrappy start-ups. It's a risk/reward tradeoff of its own.
- overvale 3y agoThis matches my experience. Complexity is a real problem. I've found this video does a good job outlining how this happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4RCIfX66I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4RCIfX66I
- torvald 3y ago> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4RCIfX66I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp4RCIfX66I Good watch, thanks!