Monthly Archives: January 2012

If You Want Change Agents, Hire Pirates

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January 29, 2012
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“It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.” This quote, made back in the days of the original Mac development team, says a lot about how Steve viewed people and selected them for teams. It also speaks to the kind of team and team behavior he admired. To build a...
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A case in poor management: Kodak

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January 19, 2012
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When I worked as a buyer for photography products Kodak had over a 90% market share in film and was king of the hill.  What happened to Kodak is a lesson to all companies who refuse to acknowledge innovation and change course through a revolving door of CEO’s. Kodak’s revenues peaked at nearly $16...
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Why cutting expenses can hurt tomorrow’s performance

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January 17, 2012
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Managers get punished harshly for failing to meet expectations, even unrealistic ones, so in growing numbers they’ll try to hit their targets by doing things they shouldn’t. According to Geoff Colvin here are some stupid things to do to “make numbers”. The easiest way to hit profit targets is to cut expenses. Trouble is,...
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Creative destruction: Who benefits ?

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January 12, 2012
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There has been a lot of talk about creative destruction because of Mr Romney.  In a capitalist society profits and sales are important but today so are people.  Companies are going to declare bankruptcy and as a result realign operations to become competitive but when people are fired and rehired at a lower wage...
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“It pains me to fire you” (What a crock !)

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January 10, 2012
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Mitt Romney said Saturday night that it pains him to fire workers in order to make a company more profitable, responding to criticism from Newt Gingrich, who cited a New York Times story on one of Romney’s ventures.  That is such a load of crap that I need to get out the thigh level boots to help...
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So you want “this job” ?

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January 1, 2012
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The economy is starting to pick up and what I am hearing and seeing is that some companies are indeed hiring again.  While this is good news for most of the people who are out of work and looking the rules on how to “get the job” have changed pretty dramatically.
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