The beauty of armchair quarterbacking is that you get to see the instant replays. Most strategic communicators never work as armchair quarterbacks. You need to have a sense of the possible outcomes before you act if you want to become a strategist.
Which brings me to discuss the corporate travel of the CEOs of the Big Three Automakers. Hats in hand, tin cups waiting, the Big Three CEOs flew from Motown to Capital City in their corporate jets looking for a bailout of the auto industry. Flying straight into a hornet's nest reminiscent of the Great Fear during the French Revolution when anyone of autocracy was either beheaded or torn apart because of their status and money.
Apparently, nobody at Ford, Chrysler and GM reads history or learns from it. Not only did their advisers miss the boat on providing them with some cover, these CEOs were left to appear too flippant to care when asked if they could have sold the jets and flown in coach. Silence with some nervous chirping. Crickets, as my wife would say.
Attention Big Three CEOs. Newsflash. There has been a paradigm shift. The old rules no longer apply. There has been a tipping point. People no longer appreciate your power and prestige. The rulers don't understand you are the driving force behind Michigan's and the nation's economy. They see you as dinosaurs. You have failed to adapt and they are willing to watch you get squashed.
Strategists already see changes happening light years ahead of anyone. They already know what life will be like in three months, six months and possibly even a year from now. By looking forward you don't need to see an instant replay because you've already anticipated the outcome.
The public relations strategists and trusted advisers of the Big Three auto makers need to become engaged in this game if they hope to win over the Congress in December. Otherwise, the outcome is certain: no bailout, no sympathy, no rescue when the peasants rise and revolt.
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