koebelin wrote:
> Kim Ridgway asked if skunkworks physically and operationally separated
> from the older, larger organization can succeed in teaching the old
> organization new behaviors and processes.
Well! it certainly did in the case of Barings Bank. A slightly older
company than the one under discussion. Their Far Eastern operation had
some interesting affects on the main business. It certainly produced lots
of new behaviours and processes.
I must say that the corporate governance of this 100 year old company is
interesting. If it allows for one leader to setup a skunkworks, how many
others have done likewise? What liabilities have been incurred by
skunkworks?
Roy Benford
Fulmer, UK
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