Autoblog reports: Bill Ford outlines 3-point plan to employees.
Bill Ford (to assistant): I need to write a memo.
Assistant: You would like me to take dictation?
Ford (gasps): I'm a married man!
Assistant (sighs): I'll turn on your computer and you can tell me what you want to say and I will type it.
Ford: I have a computer? What color is it?
Assistant: OK, go ahead Mr. Ford.
Ford: Actually, I have nothing new to tell anyone. We're still in the middle of the donut.
Assistant: What?
Ford: We're doing really well, except I mean the opposite.
Assistant: OK, I got it. Here you go. "Dear Ford Employees"
Ford: Uh-oh, this is from the boss! I'd better sit down. Go on.
Love this dialogue andthe part I liked best in the actual note is where he talked about having confidence in the management team. Obviously he never looked in the mirror since the only constant over the last horrible five years is Bill himself. He has confidence in them? That woudl mean so much mroe if anybody had confidence in him - must be nice to be born into a family that gives you a CEO job cause you are a DNA match for some guy who died 50 years ago ....
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Posted by: Brad | Tuesday, September 05, 2006 at 09:31 AM