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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    Nope

    I was not questioning his achievements at all.

    However many CEO's i have come across know jack tulip about the industry they work in - they have the position purely because of who they know and not what they know.
    Have you actually read the link you posted? Go on, have a quick peak, and then try to understand why your post above is such a pile of doo-doo

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  • Old Greg
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    You're wasting your time. Brexiteers don't care about jobs. It's about sovereignty.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Philips moves factory to the Netherlands

    430 Jobs At Risk As Philips Close Suffolk Factory - Heart East Anglia

    Nothing to do with Brexit. Don't believe their previous statement.

    Hard brexit could mean the loss of 500 Suffolk jobs at Philips Avent factory in Glemsford | Suffolk and Essex Business News - East Anglian Daily Times
    Last edited by BlasterBates; 17 January 2019, 16:38.

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  • motoukenin
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    10 years go EVs were not seriously considered and Speth was operating in environment set by regulators who targeted CO2, which encouraged diesel engines - he lives in a real world where he needs to sell big ticket items to real people, where as Boris just spouts tulip on ToryGraph for a LOT more than it's worth (which makes me think it's a "hidden" bribe)
    Did you mean to try and have an intelligent discussion with Shaunbhoy or is this an oversight ?

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by Yorkie62 View Post
    Sadly this is very true of the modern board room. I suspect they would argue that they do not need to know details of the industry they work in because they are only there for their ability to provide strategic direction for the business. It is then upto others to deliver that strategic vision.
    Well indeed - main problem I find is that they start trying to re hash things which did not work 5 years ago - because they do not have any knowledge....

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    However many CEO's i have come across know jack tulip about the industry they work in - they have the position purely because of who they know and not what they know.
    A bit like most Brexit-supporting politicians.

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  • Yorkie62
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    Nope

    I was not questioning his achievements at all.

    However many CEO's i have come across know jack tulip about the industry they work in - they have the position purely because of who they know and not what they know.
    Sadly this is very true of the modern board room. I suspect they would argue that they do not need to know details of the industry they work in because they are only there for their ability to provide strategic direction for the business. It is then upto others to deliver that strategic vision.

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by meridian View Post
    Is that a rhetorical question? You've literally linked to him.

    For comparison purposes, how does that compare to your achievements? Been a Director or CEO of a major company recently?
    Nope

    I was not questioning his achievements at all.

    However many CEO's i have come across know jack tulip about the industry they work in - they have the position purely because of who they know and not what they know.

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  • meridian
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    Who is this guy and what are his actual achievements?

    Ralf Speth - Wikipedia
    Is that a rhetorical question? You've literally linked to him.

    For comparison purposes, how does that compare to your achievements? Been a Director or CEO of a major company recently?

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  • original PM
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    Who is this guy and what are his actual achievements?

    Ralf Speth - Wikipedia

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  • Paddy
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    A sensible view

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Whorty View Post
    You're welcome
    I see you haven't lost your sense of humour.

    How could you? You haven't found it yet!

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  • Whorty
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    I have no argument, I'm a peabrain.

    I can only post the usual predictable dollop of humourless gender-confused guff.

    HTH

    You're welcome

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    And those of his mistresses, however are we sure that they are real, I mean:

    Cassia Peaches Johnson
    Lara Lettice Johnson
    Milo Arthur Johnson
    Theodore Apollo Johnson
    At least he has had girlfriends whose surnames weren't jpeg............unlike you.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Whorty View Post
    Still attacking the poster rather than the argument,
    There WAS no argument you peabrain.

    Just the usual predictable dollop of humourless gender-confused guff.

    HTH

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