Comment by groundzeros2015

Comment by groundzeros2015 2 days ago

4 replies

I think the story sounds fake because they listened to him.

Having the ideas is easy. Persuading and organization to change is not.

Perhaps it’s a cultural difference between the middle of the 20th century and now.

rcxdude 2 days ago

Often the highly paid consultants are there entirely to get the organisation to listen to the right ideas that already exist within the company.

  • leoc 2 days ago

    That's basically what happened with Feynman's involvement in the Challenger enquiry, as he himself freely admitted in his memoir.

hoten 2 days ago

Why would a small company CEO hire a famous consultant only to ignore his suggestions? Absolutely not evidence of it being fake.