Posted on 05/15/2009 3:07:37 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen
WASHINGTON: At a time when the world is reeling under the impact of an economic crisis, PepsiCo chairwoman and one of the most influential women of the world Indra Nooyi believes that the corporate sector needs to rethink its role and adapt itself with the changing times.
"Aristotle once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. I think it's time to examine what we do once more in the spirit of a critical friend. Let's pause for a moment to consider what we need to examine," she said while addressing a meeting of CEOs at the Economy Club of Washington.
Given the bitter experiences of the current economic crisis, the world needs a new breed of CEOs, she said. "I think there are at least five ways in which job description will change," Nooyi said.
“The CEO has to think long-term and needs to understand the way public and private sectors are coming together and work constructively within that framework. CEOs need to make the phrase "think global and act local" more than a cliché.
CEOs need keep an open mind so they can adapt to a rapidly changing world and need to bring an abundant dose of emotional intelligence to the job,” Nooyi said.
"The whole perspectives in which companies are viewed needs to shift from short to the long-term, and as I would say, to a focus on shapes, not just numbers," she said, adding a modern company cannot function without private public partnerships.
I'd counter that whoever can avoid entanglement with government "public partnership" should, at almost any cost. If the last several years have not sufficiently shown how fickle the conditions of government can be, effectively rendering a long term focus impossible, what can?
This is the woman who blamed 9/11 on the United States. I have avoided Pepsi products ever since.
I think more and more pressure will be applied to the CEO’s of large corporations as the “global village” agenda advances - I hope these men resist until this fad passes.
It was Socrates not Aristotle that said that thye unexamined life is not worth living.
She’s the woman who gave America the middle finger in a commencement speech.
IIRC she accused America of giving same.
WTF?? I didn't know that. I hate Pepsi anyway, but that is completely unacceptable. I love the way she lectured CEO's on their need to be creative and adaptable, but with a socialist spin. Like they aren't already acutely aware of the need for them to do that in the modern world.
I hope she has a dose of emotional intelligence, when they wack her main products with sugar tax.
She said nothing but did remind me as to why I’ve avoided anything connected to Pepsi for several years.
With the rumblings out of Washington on dictating corporate salaries for execs, they look locally and see they are about to be screwed royally, so they think globally, "Where can I go on this earth to escape this socialist BS?"
The idiotic musings of this woman will see me never buy a Pepsi product.
Let me sum up, "Embrace your new fascist overlords."
Economic fascism is the Third Way between free markets and government ownership of the means of production. Fascist economics is the "public-private partnership", where nominal private ownership is maintained, but the government tells producers what to produce, how to produce it and what the selling price will be. That makes fascism slightly more efficient than socialism/communism, but over the long term the difference is irrelevant.
I have a long memory, I remember when Indra Nooyi compared America to the middle finger:
"At yesterday's recognition ceremony for newly minted Columbia Business School MBAs, we had the president/CFO of PepsiCo as our distinguished guest speaker. After beginning her speech with words of praise and recognition for the graduates and their families, Ms. Indra Nooyi began to make the political statement du jour. After talking of her childhood back in India, Ms. Nooyi began to compare the world and its five major continents (excl. Antarctica and Australia) to the human hand.
First was Africa - the pinky finger - small and somewhat insignificant but when hurt, the entire hand hurt with it. Next was Asia - the thumb - strong and powerful, yearning to become a bigger player on the world stage. Third was Europe - the index finger - pointing the way. Fourth was South America - the ring finger - the finger which symbolizes love and sensualness.
Finally, the US (not Canada mind you) - yes, you guessed it - the middle finger.
She then launched into a diatribe about how the US is seen as the middle finger to the rest of the world. The rest of the world sees us as an overbearing, insensitive and disrespectful nation that gives the middle finger to the rest of the world. According to Ms. Nooyi, we cause the other finger nations to cower under our presence. But it is our responsibility, she continues, to change the current state of world opinion of the US. It is our responsibility to make the other fingers rise in unison with us as we move forward.
She then goes on to give a personal anecdote about some disrespectful US business women in an Asian country and how that is typical of Americans overseas. No talk of what the US has done for the world throughout its history. No discussion about the ills that have been cured and the rights that have been wronged by the US. Just how wrong we are for the way we are perceived and how right they are in their own perceptions of the United States."
I found this at the Powerline archives. And I'm so glad Indra Nooyi is celebrated by the media as one of the most influential women in the world. An America-hating, economist fascist, just what we need more of. Putzes.
Exactly.
What a blithering idiot.
“Think global and act local” is the mantra of Alinky-ite community organizer radicals.
“Public-private partnerships” is nothing more than a euphamism for fascism.
"I think there are at least five ways in which job description will change," Nooyi said. "The CEO has to think long-term and needs to understand the way public and private sectors are coming together and work constructively within that framework. CEOs need to make the phrase 'think global and act local' more than a cliche. CEOs need keep an open mind so they can adapt to a rapidly changing world and need to bring an abundant dose of emotional intelligence to the job," Nooyi said. "The whole perspectives in which companies are viewed needs to shift from short to the long-term, and as I would say, to a focus on shapes, not just numbers," she said, adding a modern company cannot function without private public partnerships."Think global and act local" is a cliche, and nothing to conduct business or life by. "Open mind"? "Emotional intelligence"? "Focus on shapes, not just numbers"? How about "mine lots of 'self-help' books for buzzwords and pet phrases"? That's number one on her list.
The perfect One Worlder - right out of Atlas Shrugged.
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