Comments on: Who Moved My Velveeta?

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By: Matt Maul

Matt Maul — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:41:22 +0000

@3 catherine… thanks for the nice feedback.

@5 Peggy Joan… Sterling probably would mock it, but he's always eaten his cheese with a silver spoon . Myself, I have mixed emotions about "Who Moved My Cheese." On the one hand, like "The One Minute Manager," WMMC is quite simplistic and only states what should be obvious to anyone in ANY employment setting (change happens, don't take your job for granted, etc). On the other hand, when it came out, I knew a few Hem and Haw types (both blue and white collar) who assumed that they had a job for life. So, to the extent that it may have gotten those folks to think differently, I suppose it was worthwhile. FWIW, I was more a fan of Peter Drucker's "The New Realities" from 10 year earlier.

By: Peggy Joan

Peggy Joan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:48:55 +0000

I loathe that book; it's corporate propaganda. If Roger Sterling read it, he'd shred it with a few one-liners.

By: Judy S

Judy S — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:51:03 +0000

The "rats" abandoning the sinking ship…took the cheese? (ok, sad, I admit – it's just the turkey & stuffing talking…)

By: catherine

catherine — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:01:22 +0000

Matt, I've been reading your posts with delight for a while now. (Long time lurker, some time poster.) Anyway, you're the king of finding the smallest detail and delivering its relevance. Bravo. I love the Velveeta angle and the "who moved my cheese" connection. Well done. Thanks for providing such insightful and fun connections.

By: brenda

brenda — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:44:06 +0000

I love applying office theories to Mad Men. For Don, the cheese was moved in S2, when SC was sold to PPL. He didn't have a right to complain then, because he was AWOL by choice. This time, the cheese was moved right from under his nose. However, Don had the consolation prize of telling the others the cheese was moved, and devising a strategy to get the cheese back.

By: kassy

kassy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:49:48 +0000

hmmm Don Draper = The cheese stands alone? Except that he's not alone anymore.

I wondered about the Velveeta box being so prominent, I mean they could have used a box with any name from that era on it and they chose Velveeta. I found the choice strange because in that office I would have expected all the boxes to be either Lucky Strike or alcohol boxes. Unless the movers brought the box with them.

Re. Hilton and the green cheese. It makes perfect sense since green cheese isn't ready to eat and Don wasn't ready for Hilton. They'll try it again someday maybe when the cheese is ripe.