2010-02-11

Where Art Thou Dear Leader?

Found this article from Forbes by way of David Gergen's site. Can't really argue with this. 
Coming out of this crisis, it is obvious that Washington will intervene more heavily in the marketplace. What is less clear is whether this new regime will encourage a healthier and equally vigorous capitalism or whether it will go so far that it smothers the spirit of enterprise and innovation that remain key to our future. The answer will lie not just among leaders in Washington but in the leaders of corporate America.
 Or this:

Two professors at the Harvard Business School, Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria, are advancing an idea envisioned in the early days of industrial growth - that management should become a true profession like law or medicine, with a code of conduct, commitment to social responsibility, and professional boards of enforcement. Their efforts represent the beginnings of what must become a longer, deeper conversation about a new social compact between corporations and society.
This is true to anyone who has spent 4:33 minutes in a corporation.  I know I've always felt this way. It made no sense to me how an important position like management can be put in the hands of a moron with no sense of anything. A poor decision by a known moronic quantity demoralizes a staff.

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