Word: johnsonized
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...offering them free retraining to move from one division to another--that go far beyond the rudimentary concept of motivating people with pay to get them to work harder. "In competitive times, we all have to achieve more with less," says Tobias Kuschel, director of global talent management at Johnson & Johnson. "It's important to achieve that in a way people don't feel squeezed like a lemon...
...order to frighten liberals away from drifting towards populism. In reality, rural America has been the site of some of the nation’s most radical political movements. Eugene Debs, the prominent socialist of the turn of the century, was a proud resident of Terre Haute, Ind. Lyndon Johnson, the architect of the century’s most far-reaching liberal programs, was born a poor Texan. Rural Americans, just like their urban counterparts, are a complex group, full of competing opinions on politics, culture, and religion, yet we continue to treat them as one-dimensional pawns...
...What was your favorite class at Harvard? CRS: I think my favorite class was Walter Jackson Bate’s [’39] famous course on Samuel Johnson. It was a magnificent class and inspirational. The class that most influenced me, though, was taught by Lloyd L. Weinreb, who later became a close friend of mine. His course introduced me to questions of justice and law. It wasn’t as theatrical as the Bate course, but it was extremely good and it has had a huge impact on my career...
...Occupational Safety and Health Act, and more. Marshall himself was larger than life—not self-important. He was full of amazing stories about presidents and civil rights leaders and great figures in American history—many of whom he actually knew, such as the Kennedys, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. Marshall was one of the world’s best storytellers and I would say that every day was a privilege to be able to interact with...
...lapses with Monica Lewinsky; the meetings are increasingly rare and heavily ceremonial, which makes sense, because what CEO in his right mind would invite 21 executives to a substantive meeting? Bush already knows his plans for Iraq; he doesn't need the opinion of Susan Schwab or Stephen Johnson - and yes, you get a gold star if you knew Bush's trade representative and EPA administrator. Big Cabinets leak; small coteries of aides who can't be compelled to testify before Congress are much better at keeping their mouths shut...