Monday, August 24, 2020

Chief Executive Strategies - The Emperor's New Slides

Hire the best copywriter and graphic artist you can afford. It doesn't matter if your ideas don't make sense or the numbers don't add up. If it looks great on presentation slides with a somewhat coherent narrative, it is all good. Throw in some industry buzzwords for good measure.

Chief Executive Strategies - Kill the Goose

Spend an inordinate amount of money to increase sales/users/market. Pick up the nice bonus and move on. Kick the expense problem down the road for the next chief executive. By the time someone realize the goose is dead, it won't be your problem.

70 years

On average, we spent 5 years in childhood.
On average, we spent 17 years in education. 
On average, we spent 34 years in work. 
On average, we spent 15 years in retirement. 

We spent our childhood pursuing bugs and bees.
We spent our youth understanding the world.
We spent our adulthood climbing the ladder.
We spent our final years pursuing happiness. 

The math does not add up.