The Globe stopped - You are dead !
When I was young (really young), I used to read the US Business Magazine, Fortune that my dad would buy. I found it incredibly fascinating, and one of the things I could never understand then, was how the CEO's of General Motors, General Electric and other companies could run their operations that were spread over an incredibly high number of product lines and locations.
And this period coincided with the time with GM went through a massive restructuring, with a huge number of employees laid off. I then had a recurrent daydream that the CEO of GM would stand in front of a map of their manufacturing locations and throw a dart at it. The one that was closest to where the dart hit would be closed ...
Of course, now I know more about organizational structures, budgeting, decision making responsibilities, I know how CEO's run companies, but sometimes I still think about the map and darts, and about how fickle life can be.
And this period coincided with the time with GM went through a massive restructuring, with a huge number of employees laid off. I then had a recurrent daydream that the CEO of GM would stand in front of a map of their manufacturing locations and throw a dart at it. The one that was closest to where the dart hit would be closed ...
Of course, now I know more about organizational structures, budgeting, decision making responsibilities, I know how CEO's run companies, but sometimes I still think about the map and darts, and about how fickle life can be.
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