"...The Sky Shall Blow the Heavens into Stars..."
September, 2011.
I was reminded today by Jennifer Shutwell, (Leopard and Senior Consultant at Photizo) about "the HP Way". A set of norms and values HP, the company, lived by and extolled.I decided to learn more.
Wandering around the 'net, hunting down the HP that was, I found myself a bit morose and feeling bad for today's HP employees, the HP'rs who have been there for more then 5 years.
The ones who bought into the HP ideals - respect, achievement, contribution, integrity, teamwork, flexibility and innovation.
Those who didn't believe in product launches, silo'd divisions, marketing-by-chaos, press leaks, bribes, spying on employees, questionable expense accounts, revolving door leadership, pompous, aloof executives shouting "ka-ching" on stage or the decimation of every channel birthed.
No. Right now, I see ten's of thousands of HP employees feeling betrayed, alone and broken.
I mean, where do you go after HP?
If a company, an American Company, one that was built out of a garage on a foundation of hard work, failure and recovery, American ingenuity and honesty can let you down, who can you trust?
Who can you believe in? General Motors? General Electric? Boeing?
I wonder how many really, great employees scrambled away or where turned out by HP over the past decade? How many opportunities were missed, squandered, thrown away, because the HP board appointed oh so many wrong CEO's.
How often do you think innovation was squashed, hidden and digested within the bowls of that once great ship?
