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I suspect executives like it because it produces data that looks like an example from an MBA textbook and is easy to act on. It's also easy to defend for the s
by redthrowaway 12y ago
I suspect executives like it because it produces data that looks like an example from an MBA textbook and is easy to act on. It's also easy to defend for the same reasons. In the same way that nobody ever got fired for buying IBM, nobody ever got fired for stack ranking.
- hga 12y agoWell, there's the theory it clears out deadwood. Of course, its intensely and inextricably political nature means it's doing something else, and the true insanity comes when it's done indefinitely and fundamentally changes the corporate culture. Hard to imagine Google staying competitive if it really takes hold.... (As for the "nobody ever got fired, Steve Ballmer or more likely the board that fired him might disagree....)