POHDCC: The Apprentice Los Angeles, Episode 10 is available for download here: http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/20997
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Once again Whitney Cook saved the day, filling in for Serena (who's feeling much better now, thank you!).
There's a lot for us to talk about this week. Nicole is sent to Kinetic, and swears revenge against her former teammates. Tim is torn between keeping the trust of his team and repairing his temporarily estranged relationship with Nicole. Arrow and Kinetic participate in a sales task on the same turf using very opposite approaches. Kinetic claims the ethical high ground, but loses the task.
We raised a couple of questions on the podcast, and would love to hear your thoughts:
1. Do you think James made the best choice in sending Nicole over to Team Kinetic?
2. Have you been the newcomer to an established group, or had to transition a newcomer into an established group? At what point did you feel like part of the group, or feel like the newcomer was part of the group? Tell us your story!
3. Kinetic took what they perceived to be the ethical "high ground" during the sales tasks, while Arrow's hardball tactics were much more effective. What would you have done?
Later this week: Our interview with Apprentice candidate Derek Arteta, an OHDCC discussion led by TC alum Adam Vane, and a talk by Professor David Buckner on cultural integration in organizations.
As always, thanks for listening!
Warren (and Carl, and Serena, and Whitney)
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Thanks for the post Warren.
Question #3 strikes a cord with me on two levels: (1) alignment between personal and organizational values and (2) the premium placed on corporate integrity since the likes of Enron & Worldcom.
(1) Arrow is showing that their team values match the Trump values - by being more "hardnosed" or driven to win at all costs. In some ways this seems to potentially signal a good fit between the Trump org. and themselves. Ultimately I think you could argue that the most important question for individuals is; "Are the things the company "stands for" and "honors" what I stand for and honor?" If the answer is yes - that's good. If the answer is no- then the org. probably isn't for you. But it doesn't necessarily mean the practices are "wrong" - just "wrong for you."
(2) In today's times - corporations must regain the public trust and many companies (including the one I've worked with for many years) - state that doing things with the utmost integrity is vastly more important that "winning at all costs." Companies are looking for people who know where and how to draw the line, the day of the "cowboy capitalist" is over. From that point of view, I see some of the values Trump seems to hold as somewhat anachronistic.
Just my two cents....
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