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Re:Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy (2016) by anshublog on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @09:05PM (#46521633)
Yes, when I wrote this article - I was pointing out that we seem to have missed this rather common pattern. And if you understand this pattern you can avoid some strategy mistakes.

I didn't claim that this one pattern explains all of the failures.

Re:Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy (2016) by seanhunter on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @06:01AM (#46524925)
It's an interesting idea, but I don't think you explore it adequately. Firstly you don't even establish it's a mistake in the majority of cases - you just list some instances where it was a mistake. So "understanding this pattern" and trying to avoid strategy mistakes could be an even bigger mistake than not.