On 13 August 2010 04:53, Nathan Torkington <nat...@torkington.com> wrote:
> On 12/08/2010, at 5:08 PM, F. Randall Farmer wrote: > >> Too bad Yahoo's autoimmune response rejected almost every idea, business >> process, and technology these new hackers brought with them. It spat >> every >> one of those innovative companies founders out like rotten food and never >> integrated the lessons they brought with them. >> > > This is typical for every large company that seeks to become innovative by > acquiring small companies. Unless the small companies' management team > becomes the parent company's management team, and begins to change processes > and incentives, the graft will fail. > > A company culture isn't just the technology it has. It's not just the > people. It's the processes that control the people and the technology, and > in most companies the processes are the hardest to change: you can fire > people, you can buy new tech, but changing the incentives and business > relationships and basic bullshit inertia can grind down the most sincere and > dedicated revolutionary. > > I can relate every bit of this to my current workplace. It's fighting an uphill battle everyday, trying to convince everyone that "change is better". ~ashwin
