Tuesday, September 18, 2007

An Apple a Day Does Not Keep The Angry Away...

While I would like to say "told you so" as I did not fall victim to the recent $200 slap in the face done by Apple, I will grunt my face with the rest in having disappointment. I guess the hate mails could be expected from a dazed, insomniac, technology-driven population who had recently waited hours on concrete to then have their self glory "are you jealous" attitudes stripped from them by the patient "not so cool" ones. Why not wait a couple of months seems to be the reasonable question in response to Apple dropping prices so quickly because I very seriously doubt they had competition from the latest Samsung model and needed to meet competitors prices. I will say that the response from Apple was better than the silence from our favorite football team, but I do hope a $100 heals broken hearts. I think this move was of course not an act of stewardship...Apple showed us their true feelings by initial actions. Money has a lasting impact on the brain and I have a feeling that this one is not going to go under the rug when the next product comes out, it will only be throwing salt on the wound when the first weeks sales are drastically cut by a more "patient" crowd.

Let Us Not Mistake Fear for Passion

When a gash appears from random "horseplay" during training camp in Wichita Falls on a Dallas Cowboys' neck, it's o.k. for the band-aids to stay in the medicine cabinet. In the voices of Jerry Jones and all that apply, the wound of an internal organizational problem will go away if ignored, but little did they know it can leave a nasty scar. In the "horseplay" incident that took place between Irvin and the other teammate, all humaneness was pushed aside to fuel the fear of powerful vs. powerless. We can question why the bliss of the Landry years are no more, but the answer is very evident. When you have an organization motivated on fear and no longer passion the weak get weaker. And by weak I mean the powerful being less than sufficient in being good stewards. Not only did Irvin and his kind, the MVP's, get reinforcement that they can get away with more, but the ones that are not so lucky in starting every football game see that their heart and soul that they put into the sport every day is nothing short of meaningless. You need to have balance and positive reinforcement within a variety of individuals all fighting for the same cause, because need I say it one more time, yes everyone does matter!

Monday, September 10, 2007

YES! Everyone does matter

Everyone's thoughts, views and beliefs do matter in this world and we as humans do not need to limit ourselves in ignorance to a world of diverse behaviors. We are all raised in different environments and these past experiences shape the ways that we are today. Everyone is capable of the behavior and belief of another if they were in their situation. That is why we must learn the values of others in order to react within the human race with respect, knowing that your behavior is dependent on your environment which is uncontrollable...which makes you better than no one only different. From this philosophy it is EASY to conclude that yes of course America's supply chains are important because they are us. The behavior towards supply chains should be that of ourselves because again as stated before, consider it a difference not a reason that you were born in a certain environment where you are the consumer. The people on the supply chain are the consumer as well and vice versa, we are in one world set in a uniform of human qualities with different variables, thus creating different scenarios of the same importance.