Entrepreneur Leadership

Why Companies Keep Outdated Manual Workarounds Long After Fixing the Real Problem

An Entrepreneur analysis describes how a manufacturing launch team once built a manual tracker and weekly reconciliation process to patch unreliable information flow between departments. Even after the underlying system improved and the original problem was solved, staff kept maintaining both the new process and the old workaround because removing it felt riskier than continuing it.

entrepreneur.com · 2026-09-16

Entrepreneur op-ed lists subtle warning signs of eroding workplace culture

An Entrepreneur contributor argues that toxic company cultures rarely announce themselves with dramatic incidents, but instead develop gradually through small, easily overlooked behavioral shifts. The piece identifies quiet indicators—like employees no longer speaking up, volunteering, collaborating, or caring about customers—as early warnings that leadership often misses until the damage is entrenched.

entrepreneur.com · 2026-09-04