Which is better, no digital information or lots of it? How about if you're a senior boss at a big company? This article in Fortune profiles seven big business bosses, including Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz, and Google Search Vice President Marissa Mayer. I think it's fascinating seeing how these guys work. Here's a summary:
Starbucks
Early morning status report by voicemail
Three daily newspapers
No emails
25 site visits a week
Secret weapon... coffee. No shit.
Google
800 emails a day
Wireless laptop or Blackberry on constantly
14-hour email sessions on weekends
Digital task list
Secret weapon... information overload. Again, no shit.
I suppose this should be obvious from an old-school CEO, but I just can't imagine it - Starbucks' boss Shultz works without email! He gets his status reports on voicemail and dashboards, and manages through constant calls and site visits. Google's Mayer on the other hand 'revels in information', with constant wifi up and running, marathon email sessions on weekends, and around 6,000 emails a week!? WTF! Horses for courses of course.
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Posted by: Aaron Keogh | March 16, 2006 at 07:05 AM
Please someone spam this man! Call him and email him lots. :-(
Posted by: Drew B's take on tech PR | March 16, 2006 at 07:48 AM
Well we all now know that maxisteam spam... badly.
The thing that I see from the interviews is that each of them try to create a context in which they can communicate.
I called it 'Social Space' sometime ago and it is time to re-visit the concept with what we are finding out about multi-touch and multi channel communication.
Posted by: David Phillips | March 16, 2006 at 06:52 PM
Drew! You've been pitched! Badly!
By the way, I was just calling to see if you'd received my press release...?
Posted by: The Nobleizer | March 16, 2006 at 07:04 PM
You think this is bad spam? You should see the stuff I don't publish!
Posted by: Drew B's take on tech PR | March 16, 2006 at 09:15 PM