Conference 7.286::digital

    	I hope in these lean times that the breakfast reflected the state
    of the company. Perhaps burnt toast and a rotten egg...a little skim
    mild...no-fat pancakes and lean sausage...catered and served by
    volunteers (like engineers on the "excess list").

    
    He had them put a sign on one of our labs above the room where
    he held the meetings.  He wants us to keep the noise down as it
    has interruped his meetings in the past.  If he had of just invited
    everyone down there wouldn't be anyone up there working to make
    noise!
    

re: .2, Jon

Are you serious about the squelch request?

Spare me,
-Jack

  Yes,  there is a list of quiet times listed just outside the lab area.    
    To be fair to us that work in the lab above the conference room
    noise was also coming from the machine shop on the 5-1.
    
    bc

    re:.1
    
    My,my...feeling a bit negative now,are we? You'd be the "life of the
    party" at our annual shareholder meeting. You could do a "stand-up"
    routine...that burnt toast and rotten egg thing would bring the house
    down.
    
    Ken
    
    PS: Glad most of my fellow employees don't think your way or we'd
    *really* be in deep doo-doo!

    Re: .0
    
    Tch...Tch...
    
    nobody has 'bothered' to address the .0 question..u mean none of you
    are serious about the poor chap's questions?
    
    jk
    

>    nobody has 'bothered' to address the .0 question..u mean none of you
>    are serious about the poor chap's questions?
    
    While access loads on HUMANE make it seem like everyone in the company
    reads this conference that is not actually the case. Most likely is
    that no one who was at the breakfast meeting reads this conference. Or
    if they do they are shy.
    
    			Alfred

    There is a write up on, I assume, the breakfast that .0 asks about on
    page 3 of "digital today." I got my copy in the cafeteria a few minutes
    ago. I'm not about to type it all in. Especially as it didn't say much
    I haven't heard time and again for the last several years. Well, except
    for one thing. Bob Palmer saying "our chief obstacle appears to be our
    own management." I've heard that a lot but this is the first time I've
    heard it from a senior manager.

    Who was there? "...people who report within two levels of the Senior 
    Leadership Team."

    			Alfred

Alfred,
	Maybe we should change the title of this to "breakfast meeting between
Bob Palmer And Other Managers".....

From:	MEMIT::MLIMT::BEDARD "Ray Bedard  02-Mar-1993 1344"  2-MAR-1993 11:51:05.66
Subj:	FWD: (I) PALMER'S BREAKFAST MEG..SUMMARY NOTES

From:	ISLNDS::HOOPER "Mimi Hooper - 229-7874  02-Mar-1993 1326"    2-MAR-1993 
13:27:45.14
Subj:	(I) PALMER'S BREAKFAST MEG..SUMMARY NOTES

From:	ISLNDS::TEWELL        2-MAR-1993 09:48:01.13
Subj:	Notes from Bob Palmer's breakfast meeting

From:	WMOIS::JALBERT_C    "SERACOHW"  2-MAR-1993 09:39:00.76
Subj:	Input from Bob Palmer's Breakfast Meeting!

From:	MR4DEC::KALITA "COLLEEN KALITA * DTN: 297-3284 * MR04-3/G21 *  
02-Mar-1993 0931"  2-MAR-1993 09:39:32.50
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Subj:	FYI - SUMMARY / PALMER BREAKFAST                                       1

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From:	NAME: Roger Rose @ACI               
	FUNC: Consumer & Process Manufacturing
	TEL: DTN 474-5100                     <ROSE.ROGER AT A1 AT POBOX AT ACI>
Date:	26-Feb-1993
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Subject: Palmer Breakfast -- Summary                                            
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    This week I had the opportunity to attend a breakfast 
    sponsored by Bob Palmer.  Each attendee was the invited guest 
    of a member of Bob's SLT (Senior Leadership Team).  I 
    attended as John Klein's guest.  The SLT was represented by 
    John Klein, Win Hindle, John Rando and Bill Strecker, in 
    addition to Bob.  The format was a free forum Q & A.  Bob 
    answered the majority of questions with insight from the 
    other SLT members, including Bill Strecker regarding current 
    and future relationships with Microsoft, Win Hindle regarding 
    our ethics as an organization plus past, present, and future 
    company value systems, and John Klein regarding the teaming 
    focus of the company's new business units.
    
    Since Bob's inputs were far ranging, I'll simply summarize a 
    few key comments from my notes and memory:
    
       -  Bob has yet to see an issue we face as a company that 
          won't be better addressed by our new business models
    
       -  Our biggest obstacle to success is the resistance of 
          our leadership
    
       -  Work yet to be done on "strategic intent" efforts
    
       -  SLT directly compensated on success against its 
          commitments individually and as a team
    
       -  We need to reward salespeople for going "off the base" 
          for new accounts
    
       -  Customers are greatly dissatisfied with our order 
          systems and other admin. systems
    
       -  The value systems of a company define a company as much 
          as values define an individual
    
       -  Win Hindle was established to assure our behavior is 
          consistent with our words -- in Bob's view some 
          hypocrisy had crept in, at least in Greater Maynard -- 
          one can be any place on the IQ scale but only one place 
          on the integrity scale
    
       -  Must regain respect of our employees
    
       -  Previous administration pitted one group against the 
          other -- antithesis is Bob's view -- must have mutual 
          respect
    
       -  Bob sees a universal theme from our customers around 
          the globe wanting to see us succeed
    
       -  Goal of four layers between the Business Unit Manager 
          and the account
    
       -  Most people's careers have been in a single "stovepipe" 
          at Digital -- going to the outside for some of our key 
          positions helps bring fresh perspectives
    
       -  "Alliances" don't tend to work well (approx. 80% fail)
    
       -  Account Managers manage customer perceptions
    
       -  We talk regularly about channels effectiveness needs 
          but make little progress
    
       -  Bob's desired footprint at digital is to do a 
          "competent job for our employees" and for our people to 
          proudly say "I work for Digital ... a GREAT company".  
          It is not to "be a hero" or "on a magazine cover".  If 
          anyone is on a magazine cover it would hopefully be a 
          large number of team members versus any individual.
    
    As always, Bob was articulate, confident, and exciting.  It 
    was my pleasure to be part of this interaction.  Hopefully, 
    you'll find these comments as positive as I did.
    
    Thanks and regards,
    
    Roger

To Distribution List:

Russ Gullotti @MKO,
Steve Johnson @ACI,
Jerry Vauk @ACI,
John Klein @MLO,
Bob Alessio @AKO,
Steve Behrens @MRO,
Libby Finn @MLO,
Patti Foye @MRO,
Sergio Giacoletto @GEO,
Joanne Laforest @MLO,
Randy Levine @MRO,
Eli Lipcon @TTB,
Pekka Roine @GEO,
Toni Lee Rudnicki @MRO,
Rufus Sanders @TTB,
Abbott Weiss @MKO

To Distribution List:

LEIGH BODINGTON @TTB,
COLLEEN KALITA @MRO,
RICH MCNEAL @MRO,
JAN MONTGOMERY @MRO,
BARRY MOORE @MRO,
GIL WILLIAMS @MLO

    Ditto .8
    
    Look on page 3 of the March 1 issue of "digital today" to 
    find out what was covered at the breakfast meeting.
    
    Regards,
    Paula