Phil Gilbert goes to the Mat on Bailouts
Wayne Snell, Senior Director of Marketing | January 14th, 2009
Our own Phil Gilbert was in the spotlight yesterday when CIO magazine posted an opinion piece with Phil’s thoughts on corporate bailouts. In Phil’s opinion, many people incorrectly think that a bailout is the only way to solve the liquidity crisis for the automotive world and other industries.
And that they are equally wrong when they blame blue collar workers, runaway salaries or lack of technology innovation as the only problems to plague corporate America. In this piece, he argues the real problem lies deep in the white collar ranks, where large inefficiencies and enormous risks are created by a lack of visibility.
Take a minute to read the piece and let us know your thoughts.
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One Response to “Phil Gilbert goes to the Mat on Bailouts”
By Lisa Cason on Jan 15, 2009 | Reply
“Technology can play a key role in providing this linkage and visibility. But before this can help, we need leadership at the top that doesn’t fail to imagine and is determined to make their people work differently. This isn’t about taking on the popular bogeymen of the past. It’s about fundamentally changing our culture and our capabilities.”
How does the culture in the “C” offices change? If this was easy, of course it would already have been done. Culture is a sum of individual’s reasons and driving forces for work. For a century, this has been reinforced as one that requires individuals to change their inner needs to one of protection – based on fear. Imaginination is indeed the answer – creativity in managing people and processes! This is accomplished ONLY when leaders are OKAY enough with their own sense of risk to truly embrace making mistakes while trying new things. Again, only done by leaders who believe enough in the resilience of themselves and their people. Ask your staff – your blue collar workers – where the problems are and ask for HOW they would change things. And then, the most important part of visiblity is to LISTEN and respectfully act.