# “The System” of AT&T # “The System” of AT-T AT&T thought of its interconnected communication network as “The System” - all pieces of the company could point back at “The System” and say how they were helping the system’s goals - which were around communication. Contrast this to say Alphabet, where most of the products don’t actually point back to the same core. ## Related * [[Innovation orgs need to be aligned with their money factory]] * [[Innovation orgs need a money machine]] * [[§Corporate R+D Constraints]]