Does Fletcher really want to ignore the lessons of its history?

Fletcher Building managing director Andrew Reding. Source: Fletcher Building.

Fletcher Building’s recently appointed managing director doesn’t think he needs to understand what went wrong under his predecessor.

Andrew Reding was asked point blank at Wednesday’s analysts’ briefing when he’d get around to telling us what he sees as having gone so wrong that a year ago his predecessor, Ross Taylor, and former chair Bruce Hassall had to fall on their swords.

“I’m not sure you will ever find out what went wrong,” Reding said, and then piled on word salad about looking to the future.

What was that about those who fail to learn from history being doomed to repeat it?