About culture, strategy, and money

 Culture eats strategy for breakfast. Money eats culture for lunch and dinner. 

The first part of this quote we have all heard. 

The second part is that magical thing that explains how children love abusive fathers rather than caring mothers. I'll be honest. That was what drew me to the power of money. The Tata story with Jaguar came later. 

Of course, money, like any tool, is only as good as the tools person using it. The father who pays both his kids 50 k a month as pocket money knows how to use the tool to his advantage. The moral aspect of it is not in question here. There is a tool. The father has it. And he uses it. 

Likewise, an acquiring company flush with funds finds that the team is more than wanting to embrace the culture of the new company with gusto that is enviable. Another company might find 

#Cynical, but just my experience.