{"id":7155,"date":"2010-11-09T06:44:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T13:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=7155"},"modified":"2016-11-14T02:56:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T07:56:15","slug":"10-things-meg-whitman-could-have-bought-with-175-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/10-things-meg-whitman-could-have-bought-with-175-million\/7155\/","title":{"rendered":"Meg Whitman Election Fail: 10 Things She Could Have Bought with $175 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>To my loyal readers<\/strong>: this post is not about Lean Thinking, <a title=\"fundamentals of theory of constraints\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/the-theory-of-constraints-the-fundamentals\/2632\/\">Theory of Constraints<\/a>, or anything related to Operational Excellence or Continuous Improvement. If you&#8217;re still interested, then read on.<\/p>\n<p>Meg Whitman Election, the former eBay CEO, lost her run for Governor of the State of California last week. She spent an astounding $175 Million and lost.<\/p>\n<p>That kind of money can buy a lot of stuff.\u00a0What else could she have bought with $175 Million?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307592294?ie=UTF8&#038;redirect=true&#038;ref_=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i3&#038;linkCode=shr&#038;camp=213733&#038;creative=393185&#038;tag=sixsigma09-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7160 aligncenter\" title=\"awkward-family-photos-fail\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/awkward-family-photos-fail.jpg\" alt=\"family photos, strange, awkward\" width=\"499\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/awkward-family-photos-fail.jpg 499w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/awkward-family-photos-fail-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7156\" title=\"meg whitman spent a lot of money to become governor\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/meg-whitman-ebay-ceo-infographics.jpg\" alt=\"meg whitman election, governor, ebay ceo, sarah palin\" width=\"868\" height=\"2129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/meg-whitman-ebay-ceo-infographics.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/meg-whitman-ebay-ceo-infographics-600x1472.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/meg-whitman-ebay-ceo-infographics-122x300.jpg 122w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/meg-whitman-ebay-ceo-infographics-417x1024.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061833991?ie=UTF8&#038;ref_=pd_sim_b_6&#038;linkCode=shr&#038;camp=213733&#038;creative=393189&#038;tag=sixsigma09-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7161 aligncenter\" title=\"epic-fails-fail-blog\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/epic-fails-fail-blog.jpg\" alt=\"epic fail, failblog, fail blog, change management fail, transformation fail\" width=\"571\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/epic-fails-fail-blog.jpg 634w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/epic-fails-fail-blog-600x236.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/epic-fails-fail-blog-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To my loyal readers: this post is not about Lean Thinking, Theory of Constraints, or anything related to Operational Excellence or Continuous Improvement. If you&#8217;re still interested, then read on. Meg Whitman Election, the former eBay CEO, lost her run for Governor of the State of California last week. 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