"Jobjoris" (Jobjoris)
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07/03/2014 at 04:35 |
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I predict (based on only a life in business) that this is going to be a barn burner of a case study for business schools in the future. A perfect example of "timing is everything" thought patterns. I really fucking hate that. I was raised originally in rural Wisconsin, where if you had something that worked and would last, it had value. No more. (Yeah, I'm older than almost everyone reading this.)
I've dealt with the IT and design related areas of GM on multiple occasions and after getting past the 'rep' they need to project in business, been impressed by the people. Even the 'lizards' at EDS were human when you got down to it, though the consternation we sometimes caused renting foreign cars in a parking lot sea of GM vehicles is one of my lifetime high points - and annual review low points.
But culture can kill people value. If GM can't change that, like GE did in the 80's, I dunno - they might be running on inertia alone. God I hope that's not the case because of the people and ideas I've seen, but it's also evolution in action. (Please note, I'm not addressing aesthetics here, or fun, just value.)