One of my favourite books is The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built the Company, by David Packard. I relate to it in several ways. Some years ago I was working with Hewlett-Packard and was in the same building as the founders, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. At that time, HP was a “Bill and Dave” company: They had tremendous influence on the company’s policies. Trusting employees was really the backbone in terms of people policies. HP was a tech company and engineers ruled the world.
(This story appears in the 05 March, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
indeed true..
on Dec 22, 2012