[onethree]

Except that's not what happened in the specific example given - it was a strategic decision to spend a billion dollars and multiple years to replace an old system that processed transactions in daily batch jobs with a modern system that can do transactions effectively instantly - which is exactly what the parent post was arguing should occur

[romwell]

In your statement you omitted the fact that they fired the very people they need to bring this "strategic decision" to life.

Spending money on upgrades is not the problem. Firing people who know about your systems is.