Not all mismanaged companies are dying, as not all well managed companies are surviving.

What’s dying for sure, though, is a company that no longer sees anybody caring for it, be it employees, managers, stock owners or founders. For short, if there no longer are any more persons that really care for that company, as a whole (as in “feeling it”, or “loving it”) and to be able to act accordingly – then that company is dead.

That doomed company is kept in coma by its high-rank tenants who strive to milk its last drop; the comatose state, on the other hand, is technically dependent on several key people, which, usually, are not aware of their crucial importance. The tenants are not aware either of the importance of these people that are playing the roles of “artificial lungs” and “artificial hearts”.

The show is over when one of these “artificial organs” is arbitrarily unplugged.

If you believe “care” is too vague, then you never had a company of your own or never had the chance to work for a living one.