Comments on: Guest Post: Looking Back at the First ZMail

By: The Saga of Eric the Red and the Anthropology of Innovation: A Parable « WWC

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:02:52 +0000

[...] to communicate his engergy and sense of the future to the demoralized employees who remained. His first email in December 2005 to Nortel employees defined the tone of his administration: To Nortel [...]

By: Nortel watcher

Nortel watcher — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:05:53 +0000

Scalpy,

What do you think are the chances for director-level employees leading a business unit be it in EMEA, Asia or CALA to be “absorbed” by the new buyers?

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:56:14 +0000

Though Z is indeed Greedy and Talentless, he did NOT pocket $11M from MOT; that was a penalty NT paid to MOT for Z's breach of contract w/MOT; I am certain he justifies it by not getting the CEO position he feels he so 'richly deserved'…–bb

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:52:17 +0000

Though you are correct, Mike Z does NOT care what you/we think becaue he has no soul!!!!! And his country club membership is still active…–bbb

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:50:41 +0000

What BoD?..–bb

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:49:25 +0000

rfc,

Well said; a cult that will NOT admit to being wrong.

I have said it before; the whole GE lot are a bunch of industrial engineers operating in the age where human capital is THE asset and they are ALL clueless about leveraging it (yet they talk about like they are the experts). You have no idea the temperature of my boiling blood when I hear Jack and Suzy (don’t call me Q) Welch talk about ‘Innovation’. Someone please explain to me what did either one of them do that falls under ‘being innovate; (except extorting money from shareholders). Willing to listen…-bb

By: Nortel watcher

Nortel watcher — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:05:53 +0000

Scalpy,

What do you think are the chances for director-level employees leading a business unit be it in EMEA, Asia or CALA to be “absorbed” by the new buyers?

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:56:14 +0000

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:52:17 +0000

Though you are correct, Mike Z does NOT care what you/we think becaue he has no soul!!!!! And his country club membership is still active…–bbb

By: broadbandbill

broadbandbill — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:50:41 +0000

What BoD?..–bb