Imagineering with Your Boss’s Expense Account

I tried to put myself in HP’s shoes this week, and it allowed my imagination to go wild. I work for a company worth billions. Highly profitable. A few thousand thousands here or there would probably not make much of a difference. Hey, I’m the big cheese. I’m President of one of the biggest companies in the world! Big event planned in San Francisco this weekend - I bring a date, hire her to greet guests and create rapport with new vendors, clients, salespeople from India – pay her $5000 – ensuring, perhaps, a night out on the town with her that weekend. Hey, I deserve to have my needs met, and it will make me a more productive and valuable asset to my company, come Monday morning. Tune in this Sunday and explore the imagination of business professionals who scheme and invent and create elaborate ways to justify bowling parties, trips to Bermuda, a new computer for home, a pair of expensive shoes from Nike, a date with Heather. What lies do we tell ourselves and why do we do it? When we hear stories (i.e. the recent Mike Hurd scandal), what price are we willing to pay for our fiscal imaginations? Tune in this week to Dr. Brian and Dr. Gary’s insultant/consultant show, Sunday August 15, 2010, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consultantinsultant to learn some surprising insights from two different points of view. Call in and share your opinion. You never know what one of them might say.