Huge F# Ups -Govt/Private

[August1991]

1. Target in Canada

2. Berlin Airport

[Michael Hardner]

I've been in projects that were successful and ones that were failures.  The team always knows.

The biggest failures had the leadership in utter denial.

Edited November 4, 2025 by Michael Hardner

[herbie]

Went into a Target with my brother in law to buy windbreakers once. They had ONE on the rack, size Small.
We were joking that there was enough room but not enough customers to hold a game of floor hockey in there.

My all time govt f# up remains Bill Bennet and his BCRIC shares. Sucked my Mom in for couple hundred....

[August1991]

On 11/4/2025 at 5:42 AM, Michael Hardner said:

I've been in projects that were successful and ones that were failures.  The team always knows.

The biggest failures had the leadership in utter denial.

Team always knows?

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Target was private.

Berlin was public.

[Michael Hardner]

9 hours ago, August1991 said:

Team always knows?

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Target was private.

Berlin was public.

Yes the team knows what the leadership denies.

[August1991]

Disagree.

This forum was first public (Lethbridge), then private... 

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Nowadays it is cheap to have a forum. The cost is to verify posts - such as me.

I am surprised this forum still exists

 

 

[eyeball]

On 12/5/2025 at 3:46 PM, August1991 said:

I am surprised this forum still exists

You can take the forum away from us but we're still here.

We've lost 3-4 forums now but someone always stays in touch and brings us back together.

Maybe that's what's surprising.

[August1991]

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