Man made the corporation in HIS own image - greedy, short-sighted, well-meaning, petty, delusional, disorganized - and just about everything went awry.
Corporations have been responsible for some of mankind's greatest achievements - ship building, railroads, telecommunications, the automobile, affordable air travel, vaccines, and the personal computer.
Corporations are also responsible for toxic waste, environmental disasters, strip mining, deforestation, fast food, junk food, and a number of harmful medications.
I have been a member of corporate society for decades. I have worked for more corporations than I can count on my fingers. The experience has been enjoyable most of the time, silly some of the time, and downright shameful on occasion.
Corporations, like the people who manage and work in them, are complex, amazing, unpredictable, and full of quirks and annoyances.
Here, we'll explore the fine lines between productivity and insanity, between innovation and ineptitude, between teamwork and turf wars, between vision and hubris, resolve and insolvency, between keeping things running and running the operation into the ground.
Think of this blog as a regularly scheduled conference call for discussing everything about corporations that should work better but doesn't - including the people who use the office phone to call overseas relatives and that sloppy-looking fellow who waits for your meetings to let out so he can help himself to free refreshments.
After the beep, please state your name followed by the pound key.
Until next time: keep your spirits high, your stress levels low, and laugh as often as possible.
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