Ray's Current Articles
I don't see how Bob Goldberg, working for OEMs, can benefit dealers' interests. Bob Goldberg is not the BTA Lawyer he retired and if OEMs engage Bob Goldberg that engagement should not be presented as an engagement through the benefits of BTA dealer members - I believe the Konica Minolta executive was too vague in her description of the retired BTA Lawyer's blessing.
Traveling through disruption is not about surrounding yourself with who and what is comfortable; disruptions are about destroying that which is comfortable.
Based on what I read in this press release, I disagree with the opinion of the retired BTA council.
Today, the world moves at incredible speed, and keeping up will always involve some pain. Unfortunately, too many move at what I call, "comfortable speed, a pace that avoids all pain—right to the death!"
It is not too far-fetched to visualize HP Inc. and DEX Imaging acquiring the remaining U.S. direct operations along with All Covered, as most are expecting Konica Minolta to be liquidated due to years of mismanaged financial stewardship.
When the foundation of an organization's culture is forged in accountability, that organization will come together and accomplish incredible things.