More on the B.O.R.G

So Home Depot does it again...a new CEO. Check out the write up at The Consumerist Home Depot: Introducing Li'l Franky. Do you think he can handle the Golden Hammer the same way as Bob? Based on his bio it's hard to tell.

Here is a riddle for you. How many Home Depot CEO's does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Answer:_______

Provide you answers...I'll publish the best ones.

FWIW,
Andy

Movies, Movies, Movies

I'm really not that big a movie addict. Really.

I keep my own database over at IMDB (Internet movie database) of my favorite movies. Here is the current list. This list supersedes an earlier entry to this blog.

You can vote on my favorites. It will be interesting to see if anyone agrees with my selections. If there is a movie on the list you have or have not seen and want to comment upon please do so. I'm interested in what you think.

	Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) [Must See]
	Casablanca (1942) [Must See]
	The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) [Must See]
	Field of Dreams (1989) [Must See]
	Gandhi (1982) [Must See]
	Gigot (1962) [Must See]
	High Road to China (1983) [To Buy]
	The Last Samurai (2003) [Must See]
	Life as a House (2001) [Must See]
	Local Hero (1983) [Must See]
	Love Actually (2003) [Must See]
	Red Dawn (1984) [Must See]
	A River Runs Through It (1992) [Must See]
	Saving Private Ryan (1998) [Must See]
	Snow Dogs (2002) [Must See]
	Violon rouge, Le (1998) [Must See]
	WarGames (1983) [Must See]
	We Were Soldiers (2002) [Must See]
	West Side Story (1961) [Must See]
	Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) [Must See]

FWIW,
Andy

Commercially Yours

I'm not going to talk about the contestants on tonights American Idol. Instead find your way to the commercials that aired during the evening.

• Ghost Rider from Sony Pictures. See my previous predictions.
  
  
• thetruth.com aired the "Melting Mom" commercial. Wow. I've never smoked, and based on their commercial I never will. Look for the TV link on their Website for all the commercials. Extremely well produced and powerful, if not disturbing, message. Will kids get it?
  
  
• Coca-Cola commercial was wonderful. I'm looking for a direct link. The production of the bottle of Coke takes place inside the vending machine by a hoard of arctic creatures. This one should be added to the archives of Coca-Cola commercials in the Library of Congress.

FWIW,
Andy

Prediction

Since this is my blog I can make predictions. Here goes:

Someday, in the not too distant future, Nicolas Cage will admit that Ghost Rider will be one of the worst movies he has ever made.

Remember, this is my blog.

Andy

Can he swing a hammer?

Today, it was announced, Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli resigned. He gets to leave a the company with a $210 million severance package.

What took the board so long to do this? It was pretty obvious that from the beginning of Bob's tenure he was out of touch with his customers. If you have walked in your customers shoes, you are better prepared to provide them what they need. Not sure many customers walk into any Home Depot store in wing tips. This was no more evident than in training videos shown to new employees in 2003. The orignal founders and co-CEO's along with Bob were featured in the video discussing the history and mission of Home Depot. There were the original founders dressed for work - blue jeans and work shirt with the signature orange apron. How was Bob dressed? In his work clothes - blue blazer with brass buttons and button down oxford shirt.

Seth Godin says today in "Do you want to be like Bob?"

"My best advice is that if you can get a severance package like that, you should go ahead and get fired. Failing that, though, I'm at a loss to figure out why you would deliberately ruin a pretty decent brand by aggressively annoying all your constituents."

I guess now that Bob is leaving he can use the $210M for some pretty nifty DIY projects.

Do we call it a "golden parachute" or a "golden hammer" in his case?

FWIW