When times are good (new technology being invented / adopted / marketed) nobody asks tough questions: the corporate structure somehow orchestrates production, new goods or services are being created, value is added, everybody participating in a meaningful way in the bonanza is "happy".
These periods don't last too long: Technologies are tried but discarded, or are too easy to reproduce and lead to saturation, or competition reaches fierce levels etc.
In "stable" or lean times the corporate structure becomes a ruthless spreadsheet optimisation exercise that focuses on exploiting every possible arbitrage (e.g., tax regimes, employee loyalty, overseas labor cost differences etc) to maintain the monetary profitability projections. This leads to endless corporate restructurings, financial engineering and other zero or negative sum games.
The lifecycle of a human being, the social and emotional needs to belong, contribute, feel appreciated and helpful, to create value when young and able, in order to receive value when old and frail. These things are not part of the corporate structure contracts. Neither is in any sense a sustainable planet (but thats part of another rant).
These periods don't last too long: Technologies are tried but discarded, or are too easy to reproduce and lead to saturation, or competition reaches fierce levels etc.
In "stable" or lean times the corporate structure becomes a ruthless spreadsheet optimisation exercise that focuses on exploiting every possible arbitrage (e.g., tax regimes, employee loyalty, overseas labor cost differences etc) to maintain the monetary profitability projections. This leads to endless corporate restructurings, financial engineering and other zero or negative sum games.
The lifecycle of a human being, the social and emotional needs to belong, contribute, feel appreciated and helpful, to create value when young and able, in order to receive value when old and frail. These things are not part of the corporate structure contracts. Neither is in any sense a sustainable planet (but thats part of another rant).