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November 26, 2003

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What's with an executive summary? Are executives too stupid to have a normal summary? Do they require everything broken down into 24 bullet points? If so then what's with the other 145 pages after the summary? Has anyone ever read the rest of the document? And what about those of us who aren't "executives"? Do we get to read the executive summary too? Or are we just required to skip it and plough through the pages of graphs and text? Are there different summaries for different levels of executives? Does it keep getting whittled down so that by the time it reaches the CEO it's down to a single sentence? Or even just a word?

Could I fit any more questions in one post?

 posted by Simon on 11.26.03 at 10:23 AM in the




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Yes executives are supposed to be stupid.

The 24 bullet points are to ensure that the jerk doesn't go beyond the "Executive Summary" page.

As, other pages contain the real information with terms and condition that could scare the shit out of the executive and delay the agreement.

By the time it reaches the CEO, s/he already knows that there are more than 20 people who could be fired for stupidity [therefore it is not her/his responsibility].

Usually, the CEO signs on a single page therefore endorsing the stupidity of the 'executive'.

This is how it works.

We call it the "Froatio document" [sorry no meaning of 'froatio' in any standard dictionary].

Cheers!

 posted by: Ron on 11.26.03 at 11:17 AM [permalink]

Yep that's how it works, besides the summary the only other page to check out is the price at the end..

 posted by: Eyal on 11.26.03 at 12:33 PM [permalink]

And also to make the reader remind his or herself how very privileged they are to be reading it. Much the same way that people re-read over their own names in print. "That's me!" Executive vanity.

 posted by: Chairman Meow on 11.26.03 at 04:45 PM [permalink]




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