Therick67
Registered User
Economics and optics
The Jacobs get the economics- how to allocate capital and preserve net worth. It's a strict numerical exercise ...linear and black and white in decision making
The optics part is where they fall off a cliff. The nuances and the need to balance objective and subjective considerations is a mystery to them.
They figure- and probably rightly so- that as long as the team is winning all of this will blow over and revenues will continue to rise. So who cares about a little bad press, it's just a small bump on the road to bigger profits
in other words, why treat people the right way when you don’t have to...