Comments on: The Kindergartener’s Guide To Business http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=209 An occasional journal of ideas and work by Michael Fitzgerald Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Michael http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=209#comment-270615 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:11:58 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=209#comment-270615 Thanks, Rena. One of your co-workers mentioned that she thought james and the Giant Peach had some interesting parallels to the business world; I haven't read those books, but I'm going to keep an eye out now. It got me to thinking about this post again, and it occurred to me that there are two Dr. Seuss books that I think do work well for thinking about business: Bartholomew and the Oobleck (doing the right thing despite obstacles, and Horton Hears a Who probably works here, as well), and Green Eggs and Ham (persistence and openness to change). "The Lorax" obviously is about the ugliest aspect of Organization Man style business. Michael Thanks, Rena. One of your co-workers mentioned that she thought james and the Giant Peach had some interesting parallels to the business world; I haven’t read those books, but I’m going to keep an eye out now.

It got me to thinking about this post again, and it occurred to me that there are two Dr. Seuss books that I think do work well for thinking about business: Bartholomew and the Oobleck (doing the right thing despite obstacles, and Horton Hears a Who probably works here, as well), and Green Eggs and Ham (persistence and openness to change). “The Lorax” obviously is about the ugliest aspect of Organization Man style business.

Michael

]]> by: Rena Adelstein http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=209#comment-270321 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:28:06 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=209#comment-270321 I thought your post was an interesting way to not only think about what children's books tell us about work but in thinking about them as an analogy to companies. For example - Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat reminds me of the scrappy start-up taking on the older, wiser corporation. Or Wylie Cyote and the Roadrunner - classic example for the big competitors - Yahoo/Google, Microsoft/Mac. Very fun to apply our old favorites to the world today. I thought your post was an interesting way to not only think about what children’s books tell us about work but in thinking about them as an analogy to companies. For example - Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat reminds me of the scrappy start-up taking on the older, wiser corporation. Or Wylie Cyote and the Roadrunner - classic example for the big competitors - Yahoo/Google, Microsoft/Mac. Very fun to apply our old favorites to the world today.

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