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...people who actually make and handle beer, reducing from 270 to 144. It has also eliminated traditional boundaries between classes of staff to the point where 90% of the remaining core workers have new or substantially changed jobs. Such restructuring does not come easily, as Dublin brewing head David Varian acknowledges. "People had to face up to really major change," he says. "We ship Guinness to Japan. There are a lot of very good Japanese brewers, and they could probably brew Guinness." Varian, an Irishman who previously worked in the U.K. petrochemicals industry, strove to help his staff...
...that old idea of Guinness as a paternalistic employer. At first, "they were prouder about the product than about their performance," Williams says. After 18 months, employees feel less automatic allegiance to the iconic black pints of stout, and instead "feel ownership of the brewery itself." He credits Varian with "one of the major [organizational] changes in Western Europe in recent years." Diageo clearly thinks the investment is worth it. Paul Walsh, who became Diageo ceo in 2000, is best known for dumping its Burger King holdings, but he kept Guinness because it is, arguably, Diageo's core business...
...same, "the ports and sea cargo are our most vulnerable areas right now," says Lester Boeh, a vice president of Varian Medical Systems in Palo Alto, Calif. Varian produces high-energy X-ray systems that the company says can penetrate 17 inches of steel, giving customs inspectors a view of what's hidden behind the thick walls of a cargo container. Another company, NucSafe, in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is producing radiation sensors that determine whether suspicious items within a cargo container might be dangerous. The scanners irradiate the cargo, and NucSafe's sensors read the "signature" that is sent back...
...that make its own products faster and increase the supply of bandwidth also supercharge demand for bandwidth, as faster computers mean we will want to download more video, more music and more of everything--all through Cisco-powered networks. "The user is the slowest link in the chain," says Varian. "We're limited by our biological perception--we can only read so fast, music only makes sense at a certain speed. But in terms of computers and routers, they can handle any speed...
...their demise. Travel agencies could be in very, very difficult shape, for instance. Says Newman: "I think you will eventually see some change in the distribution of automobiles, because people detest the process" of getting all their information from dealers; they prefer to gather data on the Net. Varian believes that shopping malls will continue to draw people, but many consumers will come only to visit movie theaters, restaurants, cafes and other entertainment outlets. He thinks shopping at stores will be a smaller fraction of the economic transactions occurring at the mall...