You’re right on, and really entertaining, too. Keep it up!
Posted By Mike Holzer, Wilton, CT : June 12, 2007 8:58 am
I thought your comments were right on the money. Very well expressed and entertaining.
Posted By Bob Caine Fort Lauderdale FL : June 12, 2007 9:08 am
Right On Bro!
As for going over your boss’s head, you might like your new location.
Being a boss is all about feeling good and feeling in control. (singing) Feeeeeeeeeelings
Posted By Bill Carey, Richmond, KY : June 12, 2007 10:23 am
Bing,
I find your suggestions entertaining and comical, but nonetheless, right on the money.
Posted By Alex R, Jersey City, NJ : June 12, 2007 11:23 am
In my experience, such a strategy (in line with advice proferred elsewhere) leads to ever-thickening and ever-sickening conformance out of fear, behavior that tends to act as the cholesterol of any organization until that organization is run by a mediocrity that is threatened by anything resembling creativity.
If you were the top manager of a firm that needs innovation or if you were a shareholder, how do you avoid this outcome?
Posted By Cliff Tan, Saratoga, CA : June 12, 2007 12:39 pm
Totally spot on in every response. Common sense is actually not that common.
Posted By KC in Colorado : June 12, 2007 7:28 pm
Thanks, I needed to hear that
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Stanley Bing is a Fortune columnist and best-selling author of business books noted for their wisdom as well as their sharp, slightly acrid sense of humor. He is also the only writer on business and the workplace who still puts on a suit and tie and goes to do battle with the dragons that breathe fire at corporate America every day. This blog captures what remains of his brain after it has exploded in all other directions.
You’re right on, and really entertaining, too. Keep it up!