If Trump was on Slack
The Trump Administration is going to be the subject of many a Harvard Business School Case Study. And many other cases. A masterclass in modern communications. The penultimate Social Media Influencer at work. But with the firing of FBI Director James Comey, it is also a case of gross mismanagement, which prompts me to ask:
What if Trump was on Slack?
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The sudden decision was driven by anger and impatience. Likely rooted in the arrogance and incompetence that will be his downfall. The decision caught his team off guard, to the point where Spicer was hiding in the bushes. All this was perhaps inevitable, but it could have been managed better by communicating and collaborating with his team.
For example:
What if Trump had a less public way to vent his anger than on Twitter?
What if his communications team knew what he was communicating? In real-time.
What if he could share videos of Fox News with a loyal (for now, or at least on the payroll) audience?
What if he could react with emoji instead of red buttons? Like this button, or god forbid, the other one?
What if he had a great app to collaboratively edit Executive Orders before signing them? What if that app even allowed him to read them?
In reality, good communication or collaboration tools don’t make good managers, but you can manage better with them. Also, there are far better Slack jokes than the five above, what’s yours?
