Let's start a company based on people first and integrity. Then we'll grow it with fantastic people that buy into this company and give their heart and soul because of John and Larry's personal connection and charisma. Then we'll run into the ground by:
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Creating an ivory tower for executives that don't interact in a meaningful way with the workers.
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Hire a ton of high priced engineers that don't listen to others.
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Not listening to geologists that tell us where huge deposits of oil and gas are (Bakken).
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Promote leaders to executive positions that only care about themselves but are good at pretending that they care about others (Alan Marcum and Smette).
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Ask for every technology under the moon and then wonder why our G&A is so much (hmmmmm).
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Think engineers are the only people that could possibly understand what to do and promote them to leadership where they continue to be disconnected (as most engineers are).
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Overpay vendors Billions and not negotiate because we're too busy drilling.
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Allow an EVP to not hedge our production so we lose billions but allow him to keep his job for another 7 years (Smette).
etc... etc.... etc...