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Michael Smith — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:34:15 -0400

No. Rule number one: NEVER reward bad behavior! Those that say (and there are some posts in this thread) that they will be encouraged to change, are naive and do not understand how deeply the communist dogma has been burned into the Chinese leadership. The only what that China will change is by blood. There is too much money; too much power for it to change by any other means. It makes me sad to think of all those that will die when China's civil war comes but it will.
Perhaps the problems in Tibet under the magnifying glass of the Olympics will be the spark.

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Michael Smith — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:22:18 -0400

...well of course they are. Anytime you force innovation to go through the corporate gatekeepers you will limit it because it has to go through more than just a technical approval process. It has to be proven not to threaten other internal offerings. If Ford Motor Company didn't have this same protectionist bent then they would have owned the mini-van market in the mid-70s just in time to for the American oil crunch. As it was, Iaccoca couldn't get it past committee because it would have been in competition with the station wagon; Fords bread and butter.

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Michael Smith — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:03:55 -0400

Absolutely! If you didn't expect to do less at work, then you would be doing a great disservice to your child. If you expect your company to reward you for less then you would be doing a disservice to you company. Much to the dismay of many book authors out there, you can not have a top career and a proper family.