Throughout history there have been differing opinions. Sometimes the opinion adopted is the better one. Sometimes it is the worse one. Sometimes the better one seems obvious. Sometimes it seem tweedle dee vs tweedle dum.
In early 1990s Martinez had the right vision for Sears. But Asst VPs ran Sears and they obstructed the vision of Martinez at every step.
I went into Discover as a consultant to solve one very expensive job. It turned out a chain of employees and consultant prior to me had given good advice and been fired. By pure coincidence, the management that brought me in was canned 1 hour after contracting for me. The new management accepted the solution I provided, but which was not unique from me.
At State Farm I advised that the plan of a DBA for table design would be disastrous, even for the pilot in Florida. My advice was not followed. State Farm lost millions on the project. Eventually they brought in outside experts which agreed with me. (Actually I agreed with them from the beginning.) But the DBA who made the big mistake, and whose competennce could be questioned, was not canned.
At United Insurance the manager of a critical project with short time line managed in a ruthless manner. I made a recommendation that cut the workload to 1 20th of the planned. The manager accepted my recommendation and came is far under budget and far under the deadline.
How does management know when it is getting good advice to follow and when the advice is lousy advice?
How do you change a Sears has so many levels of management?
How does management know when it is getting good advice to follow and when the advice is lousy advice?
But sometimes ideology overrides $.
That is why Trump wants govt investing in business. He wants politician to understand what their decisions do. Not perfect, but it is a step in politician accountability.
But we will all be watching Intel from now on to prove Trump right or wrong. The light is shining on Intel and govt.
What is your DBA term in the insurance and consulting (and rebranding consulting) industry?
I only recognize Doing Business As” for checks and policies.