It's kind of absurd how many people implicitly believe that a fallible human magically turns into a rational economic actor, as soon as they're put in charge of a company.
Like, believing that every business decision is part of some competent masterplan. When in reality - as you quickly discover if you do any kind of consulting - the vast majority of "business success stories" just boils down to "we tried a bunch of desperate stuff and we got lucky".
@joepie91 (if my boss reads this, i'm talking about my previous employer, a place where I still know people and continue to hear about the chaos)
@joepie91 some people have never worked for a chaotic company that somehow continues to got funding that allows it to keep being chaotic, and it shows