Topic: Institutional Knowledge

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70: Four Freedoms
1:36:56 - 1:40:29

70: Four Freedoms

The Loss of Institutional Wisdom and the "Booster Number"

The hosts argue that modern corporations have replaced experienced "old-timers" with younger, cheaper employees who lack the perspective to see when a strategy is failing. They introduce the concept of the "booster number"—the specific number of shots an individual is willing to take before they finally refuse and join the opposition. They suggest that as the mandate for boosters increases, more people will reach their limit.