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   Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:09 PM
If you were CEO of a failing retail company, (say you make chairs) in broad, general terms do you think you would be more likely to save your company by:

Being ruthless

or

Improving the quality of your chairs, the costomer service of the company, and supporting local charities to better your name (you could call it a chair-ity!)

or

Being innovative and forward-thinking in designing new chairs?



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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:46 PM
#2 has the best chance for foundational long-term benefits

#1 will just get you a shallow grave in a lonely stretch of greenwood.

#3 Will...oh c'mon, asses are asses. Until mankind evolves some new form of posterior, chairs will still be, basically, chairs -- a place for the back, a place for the ass and something to keep you up off the floor.
Sat, May 10, 2008 - 12:50 PM
i'd pick 2, with some of 3. 1 is lame.
Sun, May 11, 2008 - 2:20 PM
Option 2 has the best chance of success in the long term but the current business logic is to go with option 1 and screw everyone until the CEO in question can bail in their golden parachute and the worker drones lose their jobs and pensions when the plant and stores shut their doors due to bankruptcy.