Define: "Lipstick on a Pig" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Let marketing sell the interface, but refuse to sign off on the backend stability."
Making superficial modifications to a product in an attempt to make it more appealing.
What does "Lipstick on a Pig" actually mean?
"Wrapping a flashy modern GUI around a backend routing table that is structurally failing and hasn't been properly patched since 2014."
"We need to fundamentally improve the software, not just put lipstick on a pig."
"The new dashboard is just lipstick on a pig; the underlying infrastructure is still a complete disaster."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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