Jan 06 2009
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
I am a sucker for lists and I saw a beautiful one yesterday. The master of the business list, Fortune magazine, published its list of the 21 dumbest business moments in 2008.
Considering what a huge story business was last year, it’s amazing they were able to pare it down to 21. And these are beauts.
You’ve got the auto industry executives begging for money after arriving in their private jets. You’ve got the economic bailout. And you’ve got a GM executive calling global warming a “crock of s*#t.” (A former boss of mine was as the closed-door event where that was uttered and broke the story.)
It would be nice to think that dumb things won’t happen in 2009. But I’ll do them, you’ll do them and the people in power will do them. Will anyone be able to learn from them? Let’s hope so.
