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I work in a world-famous publicly-traded company and previous top head was unceremoniously fired when their superiors realized we're years behind competition on a lifeline product.

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Regardless of that product, how long was he making bad decisions before he was replaced? If it's less than two years, are you hiring? :)

That's good! One example. But we need thousands more to be able to say this is common though.

There's a reason the term "fail upwards" is so commonly used.

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