Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Crummy Factor #5: Innovation Comes to a Standstill
Day-to-Day Impact: Good ideas are ignored, and employees get resentful.With accounting bureaucrats empowered, most managers can forget about pushing out new R&D projects, marketing campaigns, and innovation efforts. Although going aggressive can put a company in a better position to survive a slowdown, few firms can resist becoming risk-averse. Thus, mid-level leaders find themselves pulling back and focusing entirely on how to meet short-term financial goals. Not only can this strategy set a company back competitively, it also can demoralize top performers.
A mid-level employee at Restoration Hardware says slowed consumer spending has the company in lockdown mode. The staff used to be intense and driven, but motivation has deteriorated as top-level management becomes fixated on saving every penny instead of investing in better tools to manage inventory. “There are people like myself who are capable and willing to create the tools,” she says, “but it’s a combination of not having the financial resources or the desire for change.”
From Five Signs You Have a Crummy Job.
You know what I’ve noticed from my twenty years in the industry, is that when things start to look like this the word “change” becomes as popular as it ever has been, even moreso. It is the concept that loses it’s luster. The syllable itself does just fine.
I remember long, seemingly endless processions of big muckety-mucks who’d just been hired to fill the position left vacant by the last muckety-muck, and each guy would call an entire division in to a cafeteria somewhere. Just like those assemblies from high school. And he’d answer every question conceivable except for “so is this going to cost me my job?” and talk, and talk, and talk about change.
Saying exactly the same stuff the last guy said.
Then he’d high-tail it out of there inside of a year, and we’d be listening to exactly the same speech again from some other guy.
I think that’s where America is right now. I see it in Sen. Obama, big-time. The guy talks about change, but he’s delivering exactly the same speeches we heard before. He’ll end up being another Jimmy Carter before he’s done; everything he touches will turn to crap, in the years after he’s thankfully out of office there won’t be any reasonable way to doubt it anymore, and his biggest fans will insist that even though President Obama did a lot wrong and nothing right, we are all to think of him as a really nice, decent, all-around good guy.
And sixteen years from now, we’re sure to fall for the same crap from someone else. It’s what we deserve; we think we’re hungry for change, we say so, but we don’t act like it.
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