Wednesday, October 14, 2009

No wonder there are 2 I's in crisis...

"Hello I’m your bank manager.
I haven’t seen you since the
nineties when I shut the branch
and told you to talk to the ATM
instead.
Let me tell you what I’ve been
doing since then.
I’ve taken your money and
invested it in some house
scheme in America I didn’t really
understand.
The result is that my bank has
lost most of its capital.
So now I need more of your
money.
I promise you it’ll be really safe.
And I guarantee I’ll invest it really
smartly.
Banks have a credibility problem
and it isn’t going away any time
soon.
After this one, the world’s savers may never trust a bank
again.
Recessions act as a broom, brushing out the old and
making space for new ideas in the world.
Nothing returns to normal afterwards.
And the biggest mistake most companies make is not
in failing to cut costs fast enough.
It is to assume that after the recession, it’s going to be
business as usual."

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