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		m463 on March 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how t... It's really hard to recover from a downgrade in culture. I hear the same kinds of things about IBM. I'm pretty sure there are other examples. The tough part is - it is sad. Read about boeing and Tex Johnston: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_M._Johnston#Boeing_Compa... and IBM invented the PC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

margalabargala on March 29, 2024 [–]

Other examples include Xerox and Kodak.

I also wonder if it has happened in the past, with a subsequent recovery, to some American car companies? GM pre-2008 perhaps?

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