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Need a good Leak

These days it would seem leaking is good for business. Not the roof or someone in the corner office with a malfunctioning diaper. But more the kind that makes the news. A story. Free publicity type of leaks. More and more companies now rely on leaks rather than formal product or leadership change or financial disaster announcements. These leaks it would seem are designed to produce results and therefore intentional. Perhaps management schools need to add it their curriculum as a core requirement / credit. Science of Leak Management or call it Leakologics. Without them we would not have known what Apples were cooking on the tree or how Yahoo was going to turn its ship around. Rajat would still be scott free and Wiki would be less popular (more on what Scott has to do with people's freedom in some other mentally challenging blog). From the days of Julius to the ancient Indian battles to Egypt and other prominent reigns I suspect leaks drove things to a large extent. Its now that we know more about them as leaks and not the hand of god or some such. Perhaps time to amend some stupid idioms to - A Leak in Time saves Billions or some such?

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  1. RajendraOctober 25, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    Vine as in grapevine is one of the most enticing things in a workplace..

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