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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
For sure. The original guys, for example Soichiro Honda or Ferdinand Porsche, were experts at what they did, and they had a vision and something to prove. Excellence was key.
Fast forward to when they are gone... who replaced 'em? Useless money-chasing execs who think in terms of "product" and how to maximize their looting of the corporate treasure.
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Same thing happened to Wendy's after Dave Thomas died. What the heck ever happened to the .99 cent menu?
Next they are going to start serving round burgers. Dave Thomas would never cut corners. But little Wendy will. And she's all grown up now. .
Look at how the Hondas got heavier and ate more gas after Mr Honda passed. High mpgs are the trend now, but the economy pushed in that direction. Japanese car companies, like many other unrelated companies, lost their sense of direction once the original visionary died. Just like Frank Lee and Old Mechanic noted. The next generations care less and less. It's not their baby, it's a source of income. Let greed take over and ride the "gravy train" till the last stop.
It's sad, but it seems to happen all too often. .
Thanks,
Victor