At Harvard, a Master’s in Problem Solving (Barf Alert - NYT pimps Mitt Romney)

The New York Times ^ | 2011-12-25 | Jodi Kantor

[rabscuttle385]

A few years after Mitt Romney graduated from Harvard Business School, he returned to share a simple, timeworn lesson in an unusual way.

Invited to give a presentation on balancing work and family, he began by telling students that they were like multinational corporations, recalled Clayton M. Christensen, who organized the event. “You have the same question as General Electric,” said Mr. Romney, then a young father and a management consultant. “Your resources are your time and talent. How are you going to deploy them?”

He drew a chart called a growth-share matrix with little circles to represent various pursuits: work, family, church. Investing time in work delivered tangible returns like raises and profits.

“Your children don’t pay any evidence of achievement for 20 years,” Mr. Romney said. But if students failed to invest sufficient time and energy in their spouses and children, their families could become “dogs” — consultant-speak for drags on the rest of the company — sucking energy, time and happiness out of the students. The presentation was a hit: Mr. Romney had proved the value of family time based not on emotion but on yield.

That day, Mr. Romney was not only displaying his hallmark brand of almost comically analytical reasoning but also returning to the place where he first absorbed it.

[Old Sarge]

NYT-Obama following the talking points from the recent media summit at the White Hut. Push Willard for the nomination.

[Huskrrrr]

Same rope a dope scenario used for McLame.

[Sivad]

My take on the article was that it is anything
but complimentary. Mitty comes across as heart-
less and almost devoid of a soul as a Harvard
student. If I try hard enough maybe I’ll find
a NYT article which critically analyses Obama
through the eyes of his classmates....but I
doubt it.

[Venturer]

Yup Romney is their safest bet to put the bama boy back in the WH.

[CASchack]

Exactly. If it works again, we’re in trouble.

[hinckley buzzard]

Mitt Romney--Harvard MBA; George W. Bush--Harvard MBA. Hmm.

[Elderberry]

I didn’t know you could get a Master’s in Problem Solving.

I took a “Problem Analysis and Decision Making” course once.
Lecture once a week and Lab once a week.

The Lab was Pistol Marksmanship.

[pogo101]

Thing is?

The NYT IS pimping Romney ... NOW. But if we end up with Romney as the GOP nominee, you KNOW what the NYT and the rest of the MSM will suddenly do. Mitt suddenly will be the horrific right-winger, etc., etc., etc.