101 Dumbest Moments in Business
Check out this terrific compilation from Fortune Magazine. It highlights some of the hilarious, pissy, alarming, audacious, bigoted, ridiculous, avaricious and infuriating idiocy committed by businesses in 2007.
You're read many of them, but others will surprise you - to think that these companies are led by some of the brightest minds that business schools have to put forward. Scary!
Can we learn from these egregious blunders? You bet.
Cultivate an environment that allows people to speak freely. One that rewards candor and discourages silent disagreement.
Every organization needs people who will stop and say:
- Wait a minute.
- How is this going to look?
- How might this decision affect our brand?
- Is this decision REALLY the right thing to do?
- Are there bigger things at play here than a few bucks?
- What does this decision suggest about our corporate character?
More important: BE that person in your organization. Hold your company accountable to YOUR values.
That sure is asking a lot of company personnel on a Friday. LOL
Posted by: Paul Swansen | April 04, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Interesting take on #21... IMHO, the over-reaction of public safety officials in Boston was much dumber than Cartoon Network's marketing effort. (Based on the fact that the rest of the world pretty much ignored the devices that day.)
Posted by: ronbailey | April 04, 2008 at 12:28 PM
@ron - true - it was a real cluster debacle all the way around!
Posted by: Frank Martin | April 04, 2008 at 12:39 PM