One more thing on the India Project that is a pretty good representation of Boss and his progressive thinking:
Two days after the India Project was announced, we had a big meeting with Art, Production, Editorial and all of the high ups. I was a couple minutes late to the meeting and I ended up having to sit on the floor, which was another contributing factor to my decision to leave. Anyway, Boss is at the front of the room, trying to sell everyone on what a great idea the whole plan is. He talks about the vendor in India and how they’ll do whatever we tell them to do. He then presents this classic analogy:
Boss: “Just think of it like this: They are the Jello and we are the mold. We can mold them to be whatever we want them to be.”
I mean really, how could I compete with that?!
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You had to sit on the FLOOR?! That is the craziest thing I've ever heard.
They are the jello, we are the mold, I'm rubber, you're glue, they are the eggmen...
Problem with that is the people left to make the mold.
I confess, it wasn't funny at the time. And it felt weird seeing you sitting on the floor in the conference room. But I had to smile, reading this post! Thanks for helping to find humor in that sorry memory!
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