>I think Radio Shack could be reborn if it did a few things.
Top of the list should be 'Replace all middle and senior executives and managers.'
It's fascinating to watch how organisations slide into extreme failure and dysfunction. And the loss is total - not is only is RS a terrible place to shop, it's a terrible place to work.
Achieving an outcome with absolutely no upside takes real talent.
But this kind of simmering hostility to everyone below a certain managerial seems endemic in corporations that grow beyond a certain size. It's not guaranteed to happen, but it seems to happen more often than it should.
It's a fascinating phenomenon. It's surprising it hasn't been researched more fully.
Top of the list should be 'Replace all middle and senior executives and managers.'
It's fascinating to watch how organisations slide into extreme failure and dysfunction. And the loss is total - not is only is RS a terrible place to shop, it's a terrible place to work.
Achieving an outcome with absolutely no upside takes real talent.
But this kind of simmering hostility to everyone below a certain managerial seems endemic in corporations that grow beyond a certain size. It's not guaranteed to happen, but it seems to happen more often than it should.
It's a fascinating phenomenon. It's surprising it hasn't been researched more fully.