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Steve Jobs

By on October 6, 2011 in General Discussion, Human Behavior

Most of the time, I’m violently opposed to the cult of the CEO.  I retch when I hear someone talking about the genius of Jack Welch… or even Henry Ford.  The thing that all publicly acknowledged “great” CEOs have in common is a great talent for self promotion.  They’re also usually amoral — willing to bend [...]

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Nice Work If You Can Get It….

By on September 30, 2011 in Economics

Fired CEO of Hewlett-Packard Leo Apotheker is walking out the door with nearly $10 million in severance and bonus payments. He worked for HP for slightly less than 11 months, during which time the market value of HP fell by nearly 80%. Nice work if you can get it. We continue to reward failure in [...]

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