Comment by rsync

I think about this a lot …

I think the key aspect of a company with “soul” is humans directing the company rather than the company directing the humans.

I think the biggest inflection point where this flips is when companies “pivot”.

The human founders of a company should have a well-defined philosophical Vision of what it is they are building and who it is for. If this doesn’t work out, the business should be terminated.

It is the zombie husks of corporate organizations that have been repurposed to other ends by finance that are dangerous.