The Retreat from Common Sense

14th December 2006 with 4 Comments

Australian playwright David Williamson has some interesting things to say about his fellow countrymen and the corporate world. Though, to be fair, his comments could apply to any other western country.
Speaking at a launch party for Shelley Gare’s book, The Triumph of the Airheads and the Retreat from Commonsense, Williamson said that chief executives on [...]

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