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'F*CK Elon Musk' … Getting your business going again post-lockdown
‘F*ck Elon Musk’
This headline caught my eye, as I am sure it did for many of you. After Elon Musk recently sued local county authorities in California - and threatened to move his Tesla HQ to Texas or Nevada over attempts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, one Democratic state politician, Lorena Gonzalez, had that blunt message for him.
Musk responded to Gonzalez’s tweet with a simple reply saying, “Message Received.”
In the interests of balance, she has since apologized for the colourful language used and said the following about Tesla: “California has highly subsidized a company that has always disregarded worker safety & well-being, has engaged in union busting & bullies public servants. I probably could’ve expressed my frustration in a less aggressive way. Of course, no one would’ve cared if I tweeted that.”
Anyway, I am not get drawn any further into that argument.
COVID Woe-Vid
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
John F Kennedy
I know, I know. These quotes can be annoying at times like this. Regardless of your industry, it’s probably impossible to see any potential opportunities stemming from COVID-19 right now, and indeed they may well be few and far between. But there certainly is a present danger, so if nothing else, that must be faced down. In itself that presents an opportunity of sorts: to motivate your team to pull together as a unit to face down this crisis as best you can.
