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March 17, 2008 by Jim Parker in corporate, dna, leadership
One of my favorites, Umair Haque, (who is now writing at hbs too) wrote the following last week in a blog entry:
“That feeling - like a dull toothache - is a massively powerful heuristic that something is deeply wrong; wrong with McJobs; wrong with $100m bonuses for value destruction; wrong with the evisceration of variety, choice, and happiness; wrong with the long slow death of culture and community; wrong with the sinking intuition that like you’ve signed away your life when you walk into that cube, all for a few bucks and free lattes.
So who reinvents the firm? We do.”
This is something I talk about regularly with select friends and co-workers. A great many of us wish things were better. We see the problems, we see the waste, we see the selfishness, we see the value being sucked away. And we see our customers suffer.
Well, I have started to reinvent our organization. I’ll write about it here once I gain traction.
And if I don’t reinvent the organization or the firm, then I need to go. My path is clear: One way or the other I will reinvent!
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One of my favorites, Umair Haque, (who is now writing at hbs too) wrote the following last week in a blog entry:
“That feeling - like a dull toothache - is a massively powerful heuristic that something is deeply wrong; wrong with McJobs; wrong with $100m bonuses for value destruction; wrong with the evisceration of variety, […]
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Former US Senator from Missouri Tom Eagleton passed away March 4th.
I was raised a Democrat so when I was a kid, in 1980, when my mother was working for his campaign, I met him. I vaguely remember the fund raising event.
Over the years, through my mother’s connections (and some of my own) I’ve gotten […]
Dear Fred,
In response to Widget Removal - Please Vote:
First off, I’ve been a big fan of yours for over a year now. In that time, I have read every post you’ve made, I have linked at least a couple of times from my blog, and I have made several comments (some perhaps naïve). I read […]
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