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Who Moved My Cheese?

2024/10/10
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The hosts discuss the popularity and impact of "Who Moved My Cheese?", noting its unusual rise to bestseller status and the wave of parodies it spawned. They highlight the book's short length and simple language, setting the stage for a critical analysis.
  • The book was a massive bestseller, selling up to 20 million copies.
  • It was widely adopted by corporations and organizations for training purposes.
  • The book's simplicity and use of illustrations are noted.
  • The hosts express skepticism about the book's value.

Shownotes Transcript

What should workers do when they get laid off? In 1998 a bleak, asinine bestseller told them to find another whey.  **Where to find us: **

  • Peter's other podcast, 5-4)
  • Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase)

Sources:

  • Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America)
  • Downsizing in America)
  • Temp:  How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary)
  • The Disposable American)
  • Spencer Johnson, ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ Author, Dies at 78)
  • What was the New Economy?)
  • Boss, Employees Share Large Cheese Platter)
  • Tarpon's big cheese has aides reading)
  • Why doesn’t downsizing deliver?)
  • On the Battlefields of Business, Millions of Casualties)
  • Shareholder Value and Workforce Downsizing, 1981-2006)
  • Long-Term Earnings Losses Due to Job Separation During the 1982 Recession)
  • Does Employee Downsizing Really Work?)
  • Layoffs, Top Executive Pay, and Firm Performance)
  • Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market)
  • A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Why Organizations Downsize)
  • Organizational Downsizing: Constraining, Cloning, Learning)
  • The Decline and Fall of the Conglomerate Firm in the 1980s)

*** ***Thanks to Mindseye) for our theme song!