Comments on: Is Big Business Lazy?

By: Patty Ann Smith

Patty Ann Smith — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:12:15 +0000

Dave – I am beginning to believe, if enough people get a chance to read what you have to say, you really CAN “Save The World”! :)

By: Miguel Pancardo

Miguel Pancardo — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:09:51 +0000

- “The rich and powerful need us to work hard to keep them in the luxurious style to which they have become accustomed” you are right.Point 2: you are right too, but every time you talked about “US” who you are talking about?, For meas a liberal guy i am (and i supoose that for you too) “US” means HUMANITY all the human beens as individuals not as groups, tribes, sindicates or even nations right? or i am wrong? i do this explanationsbecause i realize that everytime you talk about “US” just think in canadians and event worst just think in the pople of your neightborhood!!!!!!! one of the biggest values that should be globalized is humanity and solidarity that is to feel everybodies needs as our owns.You always attack the outsourcing procees instead of use it, in economics there are no good or bad acts just effects to this acts and you decide it (by knowledge) if you use it or not by example: you are always talking about innovation isnt it? so why dont you just design something and send to China, India or Latin America to manufacture it and sell it wherever you want? but due your lack of vision you despite globalization and obviuosly you pay 5 dollars to a canadian manufacturer instead to pay 2 cents to a Latin american manufacturer and keep your produt in the market is not right? Why should you pay mor money for something you can get cheaper, is not that insane?? you always talked about your worries aboout 3 world, why dont you help us with jobs, desing and ideas instead of tips and alms?? why dont you paidto a Mexican engineer (as good as any canadian or French or German because math and physics are the same all over the world) 2 cents per product instead to pay another of “YOURS” 5 dollars for the same quality and product? Being entrepreneur is about guerrilla strategies, hard working, risks and imagination if you are unable to play that game get off and keep your self making richer to those huge corporations, but if you accept the challenge globalization can be a great opportunity, as you have said your niches and opportunities are those that huge corporationsdont want (or cant) reach and, why dont you give more work to my brothers in the 3 world?? why dont keep fighting in the market war using their weapons? (globalization, offshoring, etc…) innovation is about great ideas that “creates money” and after that become companies that create wealth for thepeople (it does not matter where this people is china, Bangladesh, this is one world and we have to help each other no matter where you are physically why are you so blind?) if big companies are RISK AVERSE perfect!!! thanks GOD!!!!! there is our OPORTUNITY!!!!!! Lets take the risk!!!!! and stop bitching about why they are rich and create wealth to share in the better way we think.Yves Grassioulet as i presumme for your comments you are or french or at least francophone so you should know very well what i am talking about, France just have denied the opportunity to other french people and the entire world to get better jobs and getting products cheaper refusing the EUpropossal, you prefer to be traped by some sindical guys who prefer working less and selling products very expensive avoiding the competence and deniying to poorest porple to buy their VERY EXPENSIVE products instead of oppen their borders allowing more competence to people who know how to work faster and better.HAvent you realice that localims is stupid? you say you are liberals but i cant see any liberal comments here, you are protectionist, localist, blinds and selfish….. if you think that being close is so great go to cuba, to Korea or if you dont want to be that extermist come to Mexico and see what proteccionism, close borders and a HUGE bureacracy does to the people.When i say “US” im talking about human beens i dont care if they are Canadian, Russian, French or from Nicaragua, if they have great ideas, great products they should be able to comercialice it wherever they want to, if they are the best and create bennefitsfor all come on lets do it!!! i am sorry but i just cant see the people around and call them “US” to me “US” have a broader meaning means “THE WHOLE WORLD”.

By: Yves Grassioulet

Yves Grassioulet — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:12:34 +0000

Right Berlin, that’s exactly how I feel about this article. Spread it over the entire world!!! Big companies still are stuck on the “value/cost” and profit-oriented trade-off, thinking about customers as mere stupid consumers and employees as another kind of expensive resources. The next Big Thing, as the Blue Ocean Strategy perfectly points out, is more a kind of “value for life” trade-off that will force companies to consider new ways of producing goods and services. They’ll be judged on their reputation (history, employees’ satisfaction, work environment, quality of products/services) by their own customers. This is why entrepreneurs will have to be much more aware of human and environmental factors within enterprises, raising the awareness about true human aspirations and needs at work. Are we still ready to work for others that just sit on their bud, waiting for the cash to pop up? Are we ready to literally die at work? Fuck shareholders and their lack of long-term vision and passive contribution to make this world a festering heap of shit!”Would the world be better if we all worked shorter hours, for our own businesses, for more modest ROIs, trading less ‘stuff’ for more time for ourselves, our families and our communities?” Sure Dave, we’d live a perfect life, leaving aside from all work-related stress disorders. And managers would finally realize that they were all searching for an illusion up to now. In France, some people even encourage others to simply stop working, get out of the system and find out a different kind of life accomplishment: http://www.rienfoutre.org (in French)Concerning Media companies, you’re right too. One of the French private TV channel’s President (Patrick Le Lay) recently admitted in a very controversial and straightforward interview that “the job of such TV channel is basically to help Coca-Cola to sell their products (…) In order to make sure that an advertisement is perceived by people, we need to make their brain ‘available’ to it. Our TV programs

By: Berlin

Berlin — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:11:47 +0000

Sir, this article is so insightful. I hope you can publish it somewhere else besides this blog, so more people can read it.