Win or loss

In the high-tech world of today the new MBA’s are scientist and engineers. Case in point is Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of Space X. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Science in Applied Mathematics. Working for Elon Musk she follows his business strategies one of which is using Parkinson’s Law. This states that, “work expands so as to fil the time available for its completion”. She pushes new developments to the limits when setting a date of 2030’s for a human landing on Mars and 2040’s for establishing a city on Mars. The only down side to this is facing ridicule in the press for failing to meet the predicted time line. The upside is that things get done in accelerated manner. This is similar to the way Trump operates. He sets almost impossible goals and often times fails to reach them but he advances further than most expect. He does face the negative press but he sees beyond that. Most politicians take the safe road and try not to promise too much but Trump is a businessman not a politician. In the Iran conflict the press will say he didn’t accomplish all of his objectives so he lost but Trump will look at how Iran’s program was set back and see a win.