Jaime:
Fuck that Lee guy. It's sad to watch. People's egos and emotions ruining such a cool organization.
Ken:
It's whack that anyone with any integrity would release a project just to fufill a contract knowing it was flawed.
Jaime:
Fundamentally dude. And not actually achieving the objectives?! It's gross and unethical. The bullshit is that these guys have fiduciary responsibilities to the "shareholders" and so they justify cannibalizing innovation because it deviates from profit for shareholders.
Ken:
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Jaime:
Every big company fails or transforms into something irrelevant...
Ken:
But i dont think it does the shareholders any justice in the long term--even in 4-12 months...
Jaime:
It doesn't -- they're just focused on very immediate returns...
Ken:
...Using 2 years of development to release a failed product and buying a company to do so = very poor resource allocations.
Jaime:
That Lee guy should be fired and/or jailed.
Malcolm:
I think it's bureaucracy a bit. People have all these roles, administrative assistant, marketing coordinator, and they get pushed into directions doing work that doesn't matter, then they get all obsessed with more shit that matters even less!
Jaime:
Haha. Man, I don't get why it is so hard for them, like this shit—it’s simple. Create a vision; articulate it with open dialogue, get people's ideas out in the open…
Malcolm:
Yup
Jaime:
Use your vision as vehicle that empower/drives everyone; empower them to believe it’s their vision too; create performance metrics; and, crush it! If anyone gets in the way: fire ‘em or use the obstacle. Simple. Meanwhile, to your point, we're busy f*cking around with make-work and countless emails about pointless stuff that simply disrupts focus.
Malcolm:
You need some Jason Fried/Steve Jobs leadership.
