Comments on: When the Pink Slips Drop, So Does The Penny http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/01/23/when-the-pink-slips-drop-so-does-the-penny/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Thomas Otter http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/01/23/when-the-pink-slips-drop-so-does-the-penny/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Thomas Otter Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:15:14 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/brian_prentice/2009/01/23/when-the-pink-slips-drop-so-does-the-penny/#comment-49 Brian, Yes, you are spot on here. We humans like to imbue personality onto corporations, but they aren't people. They don't have feelings, even if they generate feelings such as loyalty in their employees. Corporations are not families or tribes, they are legal constructs. Few words scare me more than evangelical used in a business context. The Corporation by Joel Bakan is a good read too. Brian,
Yes, you are spot on here. We humans like to imbue personality onto corporations, but they aren’t people. They don’t have feelings, even if they generate feelings such as loyalty in their employees. Corporations are not families or tribes, they are legal constructs.

Few words scare me more than evangelical used in a business context.

The Corporation by Joel Bakan is a good read too.

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