Intel From Behind the Curtain

Good Morning Silicon Valley writes "So now that we've reached this postmodern understanding that all official corporate communication is, if not a charade, part of a ritualized dance where meaning must be divined between the lines, where do you turn to hear an executive talk straight? Why, to his or her blog, of course. Even more candid than the still-rare public executive blog is one meant just for internal consumption, and that's what makes Intel President Paul Otellini's postings such interesting reading. The Mercury News snagged a copy of Otellini's 8-week-old blog and found it full of frank interaction with employees on strategic initiatives and the competition."

Comments

OK, all Intel employees raise their hands!

[lucabrasi999]

Paul's Blog is a private communication for Intel internal use only. Please do not forward or distribute outside the company.

Obviously, someone doesn't read their company memos.

Re:3rd post

[AwaxSlashdot]

where did you learn to count ? Intel ?

Re:"Straight Talk"?

[InfallibleLies]

Look at it this way - no executive or manager is going to tell their staff to care *less* about customers, are they?

No, not in any documents that may become public, anyway. The whole thing just seems Dilbert-esque--Synergize! We need to maintain a focus based on multinational analyzation in the form of interceptable efficiency, people!

Just more pretending to be customer-service driven because being customer-service driven makes more money.

Re:"Customer Focus"

[SpongeBobLinuxPants]

I talk to the damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills damnit!

Re:Interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

AKA: Pull a SCO?

Pull an Apple..

[ad0gg]

Maybe they should pull an Apple and sue Mercury News to disclose their source.