The finance organization of a firm is plenty capable of recognizing high-risk projects have strategic value. Apple spent a decade failing to build a car while b

The finance organization of a firm is plenty capable of recognizing high-risk projects have strategic value. Apple spent a decade failing to build a car while being run by an operations expert blamed for pushing compromises to the design group and a famously stingy CFO. Engineering orgs are totally capable of giving up on engineering without any pressure from outside functions. You can’t build a clean sheet plane because MIT grads want to live in New York City? Is that serious thinking? No.