Why Nokia Lost To Apple

Read this: Who Killed Nokia? Nokia Did. Honesty is incredibly valuable in a large organization. You can't make good decisions without accurate information. If the upper reaches of the organization put fear into their middle managers and scream at them (read the article above) then the middle managers will not pass up the information that the top needs for decision making. Failure will ensue. What else is important? Competence at the top in relevant subjects. If, say, your top management does not understand software development and software development suddenly becomes the most critical competency of the organization then your company is in deep trouble. Which reminds me of my favorite advice for young software developers: do not go into an...

Source: FuturePundit - February 13, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs