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Well it seems pretty obvious to me by now that Sayid the Arrogant Wanker (as he shall hereafter be known) will win. Sugar seems to translate "business" into nothing but "can sell" - which will give us a Sayid: Ruth* final (with an outside bet on the black guy, Ansell is it? sorry, all the names are really unmemorable somehow.) but I reckon he'll leave a woman to the end to head off criticism and she *can* sell. I heard Sugar rhapsodising about Sayid's selling abilities on Radio 4 as well..

The contestants may indeed be wankers, but what is really coming off badly is the face of modern British business - is business really about nothing except being a grown up barrow boy in a suit? No room for strategy, marketing, management, risk analysis, long term client relationships, creative ideas, anything but sell sell sell?? When did "planner" become a rude word?? If I was considering a career in business, I can't imagine anything that would put me off more.

* just to prove I'm not racisst I got her name wrong too- it's Ruth not Karen..

Date: 2006-04-13 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] surliminal.livejournal.com
Yeh this jibes completely with our experience of trying to get corporate sponsorship for blue skies funding in e-commerce research, intellectual property law etc etc -- we wwre told by the head of Giant Company (United Biscuits I think it was) that they never invested in anything that wouldn't create profit in the next quarterly figures.. duhhh...

Date: 2006-04-14 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tokyo-mb.livejournal.com
While the focus on quarterly earnings still exists, I think the pendulum is slowly swinging back to a slightly longer term view. Numerous companies have over the last year or two come out against providing quarterly earnings guidance and this, I think, offers the best hope that decision making moves towards the longer-term.

That said, if your income depends to a significant extent on what your options are doing, and the analysts are driving your share price based on quarterly results, change is unlikely to happen overnight...

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