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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on May 28, 2018 9:25:50 GMT -5
Daniel Alfredsson hasn't been with the organization for some time now but I suspect his comments reflect the sentiments of many ... his comments were also supposed to be off the record ... link ... Cheers.
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Post by blny on May 28, 2018 10:33:22 GMT -5
Can't say I'm surprised. Whether Melnyk takes the hint is one thing. Finding a prospective owner is another.
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Post by folatre on May 28, 2018 11:14:39 GMT -5
Melnyk sure has managed to alienate a lot of people over the years. What Alfredsson says is probably what is felt by much of the fan base. However, one has to wonder how Melnyk reacts this summer to the gauntlet being throw down against him. It would not surprise me if he digs in and becomes even more adamant that he will not spend in excess of forecast revenues. Good luck to Stone, Karlsson and Duchene in their pursuit of market value in this uncertain and adversarial climate.
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Post by seventeen on May 28, 2018 12:48:07 GMT -5
I read in interesting article on Twitter about some research into the thinking of powerful people. It confirms the old adage, "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely", but it has an interesting theory behind it. The research concludes that powerful the part of the brain that controls empathy for others, if not changed, becomes dulled in people of power. That means that they really don't care about the feelings or thoughts of others. So if you're wondering why some politicians or CEO's simply don't give a damn about what you think, there's a biological reason behind it. What do do about it That's the more difficult question. Franklin Roosevelt had a trusted advisor who called him Franklin and never Mr. President. Subtle. When Winston Churchill was being an especially big pain in the butt, some underlings went to Mrs Churchill who told Winston to stop being a jerk (in different language). What's my point? Well, while Melnyk might be ticked off at the criticism, he probably doesn't care.
Good lesson for us, huh? Avoid power. Or, like Cranky and I, have a spouse who won't tolerate jerkish behaviour. And we don't even have any power to speak of. Yikes.
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Post by Cranky on Jun 7, 2018 19:12:41 GMT -5
I read in interesting article on Twitter about some research into the thinking of powerful people. It confirms the old adage, "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely", but it has an interesting theory behind it. The research concludes that powerful the part of the brain that controls empathy for others, if not changed, becomes dulled in people of power. That means that they really don't care about the feelings or thoughts of others. So if you're wondering why some politicians or CEO's simply don't give a damn about what you think, there's a biological reason behind it. What do do about it That's the more difficult question. Franklin Roosevelt had a trusted advisor who called him Franklin and never Mr. President. Subtle. When Winston Churchill was being an especially big pain in the butt, some underlings went to Mrs Churchill who told Winston to stop being a jerk (in different language). What's my point? Well, while Melnyk might be ticked off at the criticism, he probably doesn't care. Good lesson for us, huh? Avoid power. Or, like Cranky and I, have a spouse who won't tolerate jerkish behaviour. And we don't even have any power to speak of. Yikes. Leave my master out of it! I don't buy this "heartless" thing at all. Through ALL my life as manager/owner, I have see self interest and greed reign supreme. Many first hand case but some of the most blatant... I had extra office space and thought of offering daycare. The very first thing that came out of the lips of those who couldn't benefit from it was what am I going to offer THEM? More money? Days off? WHAT? When I then modified the offer to charge 10 bucks a day, those who would benefited screamed that I was profiting from them and those who didn't still wanted their slice of "free". I had a flat rate for job done, no matter if it was man or woman. While the woman loved it, the man would complain about equility if they had to do ANY work that was a bit more physically demanding. When I paid a guy a bit more on the line because of the physical aspect of their job, the woman could complain. EVERYBODY else's job was unfairly rated and their job was plain usury by that evil boss. Considering I had thousands of employees through my career, try to guess how often I heard that? Another case is some land I'm developing. The neighbors want me to level the property and convert it to parkland. No really, they are serious. The constant BS was it's for the children and the environment. Being a not so nice guy, I wanted to know who amongst them would offer THEIR house to be leveled and converted to parkland? It was a complete clusterpluck of anger that I dare ask that they should give up their poor little homes. You know, poor little homes that are worth several hundred thousands. How DARE I, the evil rich guy have no heart for THEIR self interests. You want more? I got thousands more. So please don't try to sell that those who worked their butts off to get where they are are now biologically changed monsters.....and everybody else their poor little victims. Sure, they have to ignore the self interest of others and put theirs first, like ALL OF US, ALL OF US, except we see them as an example of greed simply because we refuse to see our own greed. Just like taxes, they other guy is not paying their fair share and as always, poor they are paying too much. Or maybe you want to know how an entire country has bought into the poor me, we are victims and it's all the fault of those evil XYZ monsters. I have hundreds of those examples, up close and personal. (BTW, take a wild guess which political party I was a card carrying member of when I was younger.....until I started getting that hands-on re-education) |
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