(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Written in the
1930's, How to Win Friends and Influence People still has good insights for today, like this one: Don't criticize or condemn people
because none of them (including convicted gangsters in prison) blame
themselves for anything.
That new Berlin
airport (yesterday's post) seems like a thoroughly botched project
that wasted billions of dollars/euros. But no one takes responsibility for it.
Germany's most
famous architect designed the airport, was fired, and then wrote a
book about who he blamed for the debacle. One of those was Rainer
Schwartz, CEO of the airport management company. When his technical
people said “we cannot do this,” his response was “I don't
care.” He was fired when the airport spectacularly failed to open
in 2012.
He sued for
wrongful termination. He must have convinced them that he was not to
blame, because he was awarded 1.14 million euros: another unexpected
cost added to the ongoing mess that is Berlin Brandenburg
International Willy Brandt Airport.
Note to readers in Germany - If you have any opinions on this, I'd welcome your comment
from Bloomberg
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