Send us a text How did Boeing transform from an engineering powerhouse willing to bet the company on revolutionary aircraft into one where engineers feared speaking up about safety concerns? This episode examines the 25-year cultural shift following the McDonnell Douglas merger that led to the 737 MAX crashes, killing 346 people. From Bill Allen's audacious 707 and 747 programs to the geographic separation of executives from engineers, we trace the decisions prioritizing speed and cost over t...
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Send us a text How did Boeing transform from an engineering powerhouse willing to bet the company on revolutionary aircraft into one where engineers feared speaking up about safety concerns? This episode examines the 25-year cultural shift following the McDonnell Douglas merger that led to the 737 MAX crashes, killing 346 people. From Bill Allen's audacious 707 and 747 programs to the geographic separation of executives from engineers, we trace the decisions prioritizing speed and cost over t...
How did Sony—the company that revolutionized portable music with the Walkman—lose its market dominance to Apple, a computer company with no prior experience in the music industry? In this episode, I examine how fear transformed Sony's innovative culture into siloed kingdoms that sabotaged their own digital music future. Timeline: · 1979: Sony launches the Walkman, selling over 100 million units worldwide · 1999: Sony engineers develop a work...
A Case Study In Corporate Fear
Send us a text How did Boeing transform from an engineering powerhouse willing to bet the company on revolutionary aircraft into one where engineers feared speaking up about safety concerns? This episode examines the 25-year cultural shift following the McDonnell Douglas merger that led to the 737 MAX crashes, killing 346 people. From Bill Allen's audacious 707 and 747 programs to the geographic separation of executives from engineers, we trace the decisions prioritizing speed and cost over t...
