On 12/08/2010, at 5:08 PM, F. Randall Farmer wrote:
Too bad Yahoo's autoimmune response rejected almost every idea,
business
process, and technology these new hackers brought with them. It
spat every
one of those innovative companies founders out like rotten food and
never
integrated the lessons they brought with them.
This is typical for every large company that seeks to become
innovative by acquiring small companies. Unless the small companies'
management team becomes the parent company's management team, and
begins to change processes and incentives, the graft will fail.
A company culture isn't just the technology it has. It's not just the
people. It's the processes that control the people and the
technology, and in most companies the processes are the hardest to
change: you can fire people, you can buy new tech, but changing the
incentives and business relationships and basic bullshit inertia can
grind down the most sincere and dedicated revolutionary.
Nat
