On May 16, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 May 2007 07:42, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> Why have they been so unable to get their shit together?
>
>> From what I've seen of corporate executives, this is a little like
>> asking why
> the plague bacillus doesn't take better care of its host.
>
> People who are making their way on the inside of big established
> companies
> mostly have far more immediate and urgent worries than whether the
> product is
> any good. They worry about finding someone else to blame for the
> latest
> disaster, about getting promoted, about flattering their boss' idiotic
> notions and getting a nice bonus, and so on.
So why doesn't this apply to Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Apple, Hewlett- Packard, Nokia, Procter & Gamble....?