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Why America’s Largest Tool Company Couldn’t Make a Wrench in America (www.wsj.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/677480

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem was they wanted to make them without any folks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, that doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they will keep trying.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eventually the MBAs will rediscover Gall's Law:

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

If they could learn they wouldn't be MBAs