Haynie Speaks, re: Ali
14-May-94 10:15:03
Sb: #145377-Haynie Speaks, re: Ali
Fm: Paul Higginbottom 76314,2742
To: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
Well, Thomas and Dave are both right to a degree.
The GM's often made ludicrous requests for products, but it's the
responsibility of the guy at the top (Ali) to sift through the good and bad
ideas and pick the winners. Not an easy job of course, but Ali wouldn't know
the difference between a good or bad product idea.
As for Ali working hard, that is true. The guy worked an unbelievable number
of hours. Get this for a schedule – it was rumored he'd have a breakfast
meeting in London, hop on the Concorde so he could be in New York *BEFORE* he
left London so he could have another breakfast meeting and work a full day in
New York also. That's brutal.