Comments on: Fiorina book: HP board was 'dysfunctional'

In long-awaited account of career and time at HP, ousted CEO dishes on board and former company executives.

[pjk0]

Strange timing

Boy, I must say that the timing of this book release sure is "strange". And I like how the article says the book "will be released next week, but we 'bought' a copy this week". LOL.. I wonder how much they had to "pay"??

Come to think of it, this whole HP "scandal" smells awfully funny.

HP has from what I can tell a much better than average record when it comes to corporate ethical violations than most large US corporations, yet here they have become the "evil poster-child". My feeling is that this affair doesn't hold a candle to the kind of "real" corporate espionage that goes on all the time, and which never sees the light of day.

Dunn's lawyer's assertion that there is an "orchestrated disinformation campaign" going on might have some truth to it after all.

Combined with the Chicken-Little attitude adopted by Cnet and other media organizations (for once - since their reporters were targeted. If only they could muster this kind of righteous indignation for the other, more abundant forms of corporate and political sleaze these days)

Phil

[poster48150]

Coincidence

"Boy, I must say that the timing of this book release sure is "strange"."

We knew over a year ago that the book would be released around this time. See, e.g., http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/24/HNfiorinabook_1.html

Jim

[heystoopid]

But then again

But then again, the "Peter Principle" as outlined by Dr Laurence J Peter, perhaps says it all!

[ivanbou]

This woman is even more stupid than I thought

Hmm.... The board sucked? Hey wasn't she the damn chairman of
the board?! She had the power to change it, yet didn't, just like
everything else at the company. It took another CEO to actually
instill change, all she managed to do was destroy one of the best
company cultures in the world and replaced with her stupid view of
the world. Great!

[BoxlessThinker]

Fiorina is a Ferrari

When it comes to focus, Fiorina had it. As a side note, I remember her visiting a company I worked for...a big one...and she was put off by any behavior that smelled of arrogance or unethical dealings. I would not consider her in any way part of this scandle, but I would consider her a catalyst for the success HP now enjoys. She seemed decent and acted in many ways like a functional human being. When she was booted, I knew something was amiss at HP.