800 Pound Gorilla with internal political problems
800 Pound Gorilla with internal political problems
Lots of smart people, tons of interesting projects.
Portfolio of excellent products.
Incredible organizational inertia, a highly political environment. Many excellent products, but some are stagnating due to a lack of vision.
Get rid of the dead weight to make things lean and mean.
Quit promoting figureheads and politically-motivated empire builders.
Instead, try listening carefully to your customers and figure out how to make your platform easier to support, diagnose, and use. That will make them happy.
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