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Re:Deming Paradox: Operationally Rigorous Companies Aren't N... by dataangel on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:58PM (#35696067)
Was going to say they're clearly not thinking about monopolies and oligopolies. Oil spills are the classic example, deepwater horizon didn't kill BP.
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Re:Deming Paradox: Operationally Rigorous Companies Aren't N... by Retric on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:18AM (#35698880)
Monopolies compete with workers outside of their industry/location.

People working on oil rigs take serious risks, but they also make a lot of money relative to their skill set because otherwise they couldn’t get anyone to do the job.

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