There ARE holes in the beautiful HP Way, first of which is that (even
generally speaking) Nobody Gets Fired.  I'm certainly no HP expert, but in
my brief 20-year or so contact with them I've seen plenty of examples of
pipple who were pushed into positions created to get them out of the way of
pipple doing real work.  And in their new positions, these VP in charge of
sitting by the door folks have to do something, so we then saw lots of the
world's favorite do-nothing but make-lots-of-noise about it projects:
product name changes, new logos, no reasons.

Tracy just my perceptions, no factual backup will be supplied Pierce


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Clogg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT: Carly's Departure
>
>
> What I find most disappointing about all the news reports is the
> widespread assumption that the new CEO will again be an HP
> outsider.  It
> would appear that the board has decided that the "HP Way" is a quaint
> anachronism with no place in the 21st century.  There is no way in the
> post-Fiorina phase of HP's history that the HP Way can be restored
> without the leadership of someone who was there during its heyday.
>
> The Cringely article makes a valid point that the old HP knew nothing
> about marketing, but all the marketing expertise in the world
> is useless
> if you don't have desirable products to sell.  The old HP culture
> produced excellent products with excellent support.
> Marketing focus and
> expertise can be added on without tearing down the HP Way culture, it
> seems to me.
>
> John Clogg
> My opinions are my own, etc.
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