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aljgz • yesterday at 7:31 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I have bad news: most large corporations are successful because they know how to make money. Often, the internal operations, are disappointingly bad, just not bad enough to kill the corp fast.

Source: I've worked in and with many successful organizations, and worked at one place with proper internal processes, so I know what's possible


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maxnevermind • yesterday at 7:49 PM

I have observed that also. Though I'm still not sure whether: 1) there are some small pockets where important decisions are made, innovation happens and the needle is moved, and dysfunction I see is just justified bloat of the company 2) it is the entire corporation like that but it somehow works at the end.

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freejazz • yesterday at 9:19 PM

>I have bad news: most large corporations are successful because they know how to make money.

Who is they? Do you have any idea what its like working at an org the size of GS, that you actually think these two completely different departments discussed the matter with each other?