Comments on: Idiots Inc.

Comment on Idiots Inc. by: TheMonk

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:19:29 +0000

It would be nice to see the decision makers actually have to live with the decisions they make. It sounds like “cross-pollination” is really just moving people around so they can’t stay long enough to permanently fsck something up. Or allow them to take responsibility since they keep changing. Of course, this is the cynical reading of all of these things. I personally just attribute this to people trying to pretend that they know how to run a business when they really couldn’t tell you what side was up. Then again, being a decision maker myself. I prefer to run things by just saying, is it broken? no? then let it keep going. Or is it broken? Yes? Will anyone notice? then let it keep going.

Comment on Idiots Inc. by: daveawayfromhome

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:34:18 +0000

Who ever thought “cross-pollination” would be good idea? Jeez.
I came up with a similar idea, but it would never see the light of day, even though it makes a lot more sense than “cross pollination”: For at least a couple weeks every year, all executives must work at the grunt level in their company. Not a lower management position, but the bottom rung. Assembling goods, crunching code (or trying), waiting tables, loading trucks, whatever the company does. I’d love to add the idea that during this time, they could be fired like any other employee, but that’d never happen. I think half the problem in American business is a total disconnect between the decision-makers and those who have to carry out those decisions.

Comment on Idiots Inc. by: Clair

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:06:31 +0000

I feel your pain. Perhaps they will set you free with a decent severance package. Mine is going to pay for our new kitchen.