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Use a Ford-Trimotor that they built themselves, and while commuting to discussions about which plant to close, tow a banner advertising low finance rates and showing Mustang Teaser shots.
I don't see problem, I see opportunity.
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GM announced today that they would elimiate part of their business jet fleet, or in other words:
de-plane, de-plane.
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Deckchairs
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So imagine, for example, a Saturn, then imagine the exact opposite.
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Don't they realize it's the age of the internet?
Get them some laptops and let them video conference. This fat should have been trimmed years ago.
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On a larger scale, I agree that peoples' physical presence is becoming obsolete. Let them stay home with their families and employees. Screw business travel. Unless you're a face-to-face salesman or on-site engineer/builder, it's almost completely unnecessary.
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This is one of those things that people think will work, but will never go away. Sure some business could be done by video conference, but actual in person meetings are approximately 125.1768 times more valuable. Actually being able to see the product, test areas, and production areas is invaluable. Being in the same room is very different than a video conference. Sitting down for lunch during a semi-informal time may bring up a great discussion that would never have come up during a formal discussion.
Not to mention high level executive actually being seen at the facility. The moral improves greatly when the CEO comes and talks to a low level assembler and wants to know what to do better or just to talk. Are you going to replace that with someone pushing a TV and a webcam through a factory with some sort of robotic handshake machine so the CEO can shake peoples hands? What about the CEO coming in and congradulating a plant on improving quality or launching a new product. You think that will improve moral as much as seeing the CEO over a TV? It makes it seem like they do not even care.
On the off chance I am wrong, I am already creating a robotic handshake machine.
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If I were an exec on videoconference, I'd expect full Darth Vader powers to be able to choke my managers to death from another location. That's progress.
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For internal emails, mine is, "I find your lack of faith disturbing." Still working on the neck-pinch force manoeuvre.
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On the way to the meeting room you were blinded to see nothing?
You can make other conclusions apart from hearing and seeing only one part of the show.
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