Originally Posted by
kwflyer
No, successful companies actually embrace and execute strategic planning, not pandering to the lizard brain, leading to more authentic experiences for its customers and building up goodwill when the brand takes a hit from (inevitable) inconsistent execution.
Your statement above would be nowhere near a passing grade for a business 101 class in a remote bottom tier B school with temporary adjunct faculty flying in on WJ encore.
WJ encore eh?
If you believe a
publicly traded organization's job is not to maximize short term shareholder value, then I don't even know where to begin with you.

When I look at all of my investments, the second that I don't believe an organization is doing its best to eek out another cent from their customers, I hit the "sell" button.
Welcome to the real world. Interesting that AC actually is in the black now, unlike before huh?