The willful refusal of corporate leadership to acknowledge or adopt emerging technology, trends, or innovations. This often leads to catastrophic business failure. Most commonly found in legacy companies where senior execs are allergic to change and cling to outdated models like it’s still 1995.
Symptoms include:
- Laughing off disruptive startups
- Refusing to invest in digital transformation (including AI)
- Saying things like “This is how we’ve always done it”
- Holding 3-hour meetings to ignore 3-minute solutions
- Exaggerated paranoia about worst case outcomes trying new things.
- Refusal to invest extra money just because it might lower short term profitability and might temporarily upset investors.
- Pathetically trying to look “new and hip” by wasting money on asinine expenditures DEI and wokeness thinking customers will overlook outdated products and services. This was especially problematic 2021-2024 but still unfortunately prevalent in many corporations. This is the “Bud Light” effect.
Symptoms include:
- Laughing off disruptive startups
- Refusing to invest in digital transformation (including AI)
- Saying things like “This is how we’ve always done it”
- Holding 3-hour meetings to ignore 3-minute solutions
- Exaggerated paranoia about worst case outcomes trying new things.
- Refusal to invest extra money just because it might lower short term profitability and might temporarily upset investors.
- Pathetically trying to look “new and hip” by wasting money on asinine expenditures DEI and wokeness thinking customers will overlook outdated products and services. This was especially problematic 2021-2024 but still unfortunately prevalent in many corporations. This is the “Bud Light” effect.
Blockbuster had a chance to buy Netflix for pocket change, but their execs unfortunately had Dinosaur Ignorance. They thought they were too big to fail and they couldn’t see the asteroid of new technology about to obliterate their entire business model. Now there is just a sad empty dusty store in Oregon full of regrets.
by BlueonBack2628 March 21, 2025
Get the dinosaur ignorancemug. “Madison is texting let’s just ignore her” You’re just ignoring the girl. Hence why it’s called ignore madison day🧐
by Tummytickler27639 July 14, 2025
Get the Ignore madison daymug. by RealGamer96 July 21, 2021
Get the Camping Ignorancemug. by notyofriendman June 9, 2011
Get the ignorant donkeymug. Kevin threw a punch at me when I told him that we have definitely been to the Moon. It was my first experience with anyone employing militant ignorance to keep from learning the truth and being proven wrong.
by Jim C (Alienmindtrick) August 29, 2025
Get the Militant ignorancemug. OCTOBER 17
NATIONAL IGNORE YOUR CRUSH DAY!
To see if your crush will ignore you back or make you NOT ignore him/her!
NATIONAL IGNORE YOUR CRUSH DAY!
To see if your crush will ignore you back or make you NOT ignore him/her!
by Zayla_May_Catana October 11, 2021
Get the National Ignore your crush day!mug.