Mismanaged

Joseph Blake
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Bad leadership leaves a body count of ruined morale, burned budgets, and bankrupt companies. Mismanaged treats corporate incompetence like true crime. Each episode investigates a historic management failure, breaking down the evidence, profiling the suspects, and uncovering the lessons learned from the scene of the corporate crime.

Episodes

  1. Jun 5

    5 | Kodak Had the Key The Whole Time

    Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975, then spent the next 37 years protecting a film business so profitable they couldn't bring themselves to replace it. The company that taught the world how to capture memories forgot how to capture the future.

  2. Jun 4

    4 | Netflix Walked Away Sad Because Blockbuster Didn't Want Them

    A company that once defined Friday night for millions of families had every chance to own the future of home entertainment and passed on every single one. One bad bet, one wrong hire, and one investor focused on the wrong numbers later, the most recognized name in video rental was gone.

  3. Jun 3

    3 | Hurricane Katrina and FEMA

    A government agency that was once considered a national model got reorganized, defunded, and handed to someone with no relevant experience — right before the moment it was needed most. What followed was a case study in what happens when preparation is treated as optional.

  4. Jun 3

    2 | CEO that Likes Walking Around Barefoot Isn't Always the Best Fit

    A CEO convinced the world his company was a revolution. It was a real estate business that forgot to pay its landlords.

  5. May 31

    1 | The Management of NASAs Challenger Incident

    The Challenger disaster wasn't an accident. It was a decision — made the night before launch, in a phone call most people have never heard of, by managers who told their own engineers to sit down and stop worrying.

  • 5 Episodes

About

Bad leadership leaves a body count of ruined morale, burned budgets, and bankrupt companies. Mismanaged treats corporate incompetence like true crime. Each episode investigates a historic management failure, breaking down the evidence, profiling the suspects, and uncovering the lessons learned from the scene of the corporate crime.

Information

  • Creator
    Joseph Blake
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Joseph Blake 2026
  • Show Website
    Mismanaged