A CEO of a very large and successful tech company realized that it had been years since he toured the halls of the giant corporation he had built. Walking the floors of the high-rise HQ unannounced, he stumbled upon a young executive staring out the window. Ten minutes went by and the young man just stared out the window. Another ten minutes, then an hour and the young man still just lazily stared out the window. The CEO, blood pressure rising by the minute, glared at the young man for two hours until he couldn't take it any longer. The boss angrily raced up to the board room ready to fire management and demanded all his senior executives explain what kind of company they were running where an employee can idly sit for hours doing nothing. "Who is that young executive? Who does he work for? What does he do?", shouted the CEO.
Nervously, an EVP, with an Ivy League MBA, explained that the young man in question was the one who had thought up their hit product of the year and their bestseller from the year before. This appeared to appease the CEO and everyone kept their jobs.
The next morning, when the young executive returned to his office, he had a bigger window.
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