Posted on 09/08/2006 8:00:10 AM PDT by Liz
The kumquat site is hilarious!
Diversity goals slithered into HP in the late 1980s. By the time Carly arrived (promotion from without, regardless of the spirit of the HP Way), the rot had fully permeated the top, and became apparent to the outside world. This is the tip of a much bigger iceberg that goes way beyond emotions in the boardroom. Poor Bill and Dave are probably spinning at redline RPM by now. The problem is not Dunn and it is not Fiorina-- it is the mindset that approved giving them and others like them any power at all at HP. If the problem is so bad that the leadership spends their leadership capital burning up with feelings of superiority, resentment and jealosy towards each other and outsiders, there is no leadership left, only an echo of greatness that came before but which has since departed.
I'll recommend CNBC's "On The Money" for the juiciest reports on this
"situation".
It's especially good because the main anchor for the show (Dylan Ratigan, sp?)
had a good expose of the use of "pretexting" (lying) to get personal records
earlier in the year.
Also, the story of the skunk lurking around CNBC's office complex is pretty amusing.
Including their mock threat to drop the skunk off at FOX or CNN after
they capture it.
I'll take you up on that bet because AT&T has already confirmed that Tom Perkins' personal telephone account records were pretexted. So how much do you want to bet?
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