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There’s an article on management lessons from the Walking Dead.
Rick can’t make a decision and won’t make one until the last moment, from “give Michonne over to the governor, no, don’t, yes, maybe” to “what do we do with the injured kid, take him to the farm, let him go”. He only makes permanent, often vicious decisions when there is no choice, like the machete usage.
Rick also waffles between democracy and dictatorship. He makes the group make a decision in some cases, then makes unilateral ones in others like kicking Carol out. Leave Meryl up on a roof, then lose Carol’s prepper husband trying to save a guy you left for dead.
For a zombie apocalypse, they have poor planning. They scavenge only for a few things at a time, like retrieving a crib or getting some baby formula. They need to scavenge hard and fast for certain supplies to stock up for winter, if at the prison. They needed to turn farm implements into weapons or make more like spears and maces, but didn’t. They don’t do much to reinforce perimeters at the prison or farm.
They fail to even make get out of dodge bags with foods, weapons and supplies, despite being forced to flee refuge after refuge.
They complain about not being able to find supplies, but refuse to go back to the prison to recover working vehicles and supplies from the Governor’s invasion. Or crops from the prison.
And for all the concern about Judith and Carl, they don’t have tight chains of custody for the children. There wasn’t a strict, “who is making sure the kid doesn’t get eaten?” chain. Carl was handed off by his mother Lori again and again and left to wander. This is regularly called out online. The more neglected point was “What about Judith?” When you’re prepping to evacuate the prison, two little girls were carrying around the baby. Children should not be responsible for the safe delivery of another child - there should have been an adult doing it. The girls lived a while longer and Judith to this point in the series ONLY because of an accidental rescue by Tyrese.

There’s an article on management lessons from the Walking Dead.

I would have foregone the prison with chain link and went looking for one with walls. We've got this big dog with acres of secure space in Jackson Michigan and its already empty.

Baby Judith only survived Lizzie’s care because Carol happened upon them while she was smothering the baby!!!