> Last year I was giving a presentation to my division and I asked a simple
> question: "How many people in this room know what Novell's values are?" No
> one raised their hand. Then I asked, "How many people have personal
> values?" Every hand in the room was raised. I followed it by asking, "How
> many people use their personal values to make decisions every day?" Nearly
> every hand was raised. One guy, who sensed where I was leading shouted,
> "How are we supposed to know what to do within Novell if we don't even
> know what we value?"
>
> That started quite a discussion. Unfortunately I was not in a position to
> do anything about it. It was a great discussion that lead absolutely
> nowhere.
Ben, I don't think you have enough faith in the longevity of great
discussions or their ability to lead somewhere. For instance, thanks to
you, the discussion about Novell just reached all of us - and I think we
are all richer for it.
--Lon Badgett lonbadgett@aol.com "The tiny wind-borne seed will either live or die - not because the seed is flawed, but only because the world is not a uniformly hospitable place for baby seeds to grow." Emil Gobersneke
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