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Brabeck pooh-poohs the notion that a company should focus tightly on its core competency. Nestle's big challenge, he says, "is that we have to be able to learn how to get operational efficiency with a relatively complex business structure. This is what I think real management is all about. The other thing is much too easy." Rather than narrow its focus, he believes that a well-managed and flexibly organized consumer-goods company can sell dog food and ice cream--as well as coffee, water and candy--and gain advantages in marketing, purchasing and distribution over more specialized...
...next level without changing." Still, to get everyone to buy into the idea, Brabeck characteristically has set up a working group of national managers, including Weller, to figure out how to make the changes work in practice. That's another lesson the mountains taught him. "You learn very early on that you're better off working in a team," Brabeck says. "It's how you'll survive. There's nothing worse than having a weak team on the mountain." That, and unforeseen bad weather...
TIME What lessons did you learn from Athens...
...mercy. Who wins? Wushu: We basically encompass all the other martial arts; it’s kind of no contest there. Aikido: Aikido could win, by turning the other people against each other—that would be an Aikido way of dealing with things. Karate: When you learn to fight, you learn to fight for your style. If you’re talking about all-out ass kicking, it’s hard to say. Kung Fu: I don’t know...Kung Fu club would win unless The Crimson had access to alcohol...they could use drunken...
...past, voters would learn about political issues from a candidate in a suit—not a gopher in a suit. Enter blogging: websites and political blogs such as why08.org and VoteGopher.com allow viewers to compare candidates, mostly without bias and definitely with some funny twists. William M. Ruben ’10 launched VoteGopher.com last month, pledging: “We dig. You decide.” The site educates voters by presenting election platforms cleverly illustrated with gophers. But Ruben’s vision hasn’t played out entirely—the site does the digging...