NewtonTalk.net July 2009 archive: Re: [NTLK] Office Politics

From: Ed Kummel <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon Jul 13 2009 - 16:28:40 EDT

Ha! if you didn't just hit that nail right smack, squarely on the head!
Just as a point of reference...the company where this happened was WorldCom...
'nuf said!
Ed
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--- On Sat, 7/11/09, L.W. Brown <lwb@mac.com> wrote:

From: L.W. Brown <lwb@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Office Politics
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 1:11 AM

I had a boss like that - not narrow-minded, but, instead, quite
accurately/justifiably insecure that what he had to say was so
unimportant & uninspiring...
I rather think that organizations where such creatures thrive will die
off somewhat sooner than might otherwise be expected from their size
or current market dominance. Still, it is painful to be part of.

On 10. Jul., 2009, at 00:09 AM, Ed Kummel wrote:

> the reason for no laptops was not because he wanted everybody to pay
> attention during the meeting, but because of his own insecurity in
> thinking that all people would be doing is playing solitare while he
> was speaking' what a narrow minded boob he was

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