Wednesday was an exciting day. The New York Times even wrote a very positive story about what our CEO Lee Scott had to say in his “Company of the Future” speech. Take a look....please read or watch it. This was very exciting for us here because we made some big commitments to reduce energy consumption by 25% on the products we sell, to fix some of the costly issues facing health care, and to lead the charge to source quality products from socially and environmentally responsible sources.
But, it was also exciting because I saw once again one of my favorite things about this company. Even though we don’t know exactly how we will meet these goals, we still set them. We have a good idea on much of it, and we have some really cool aspirations that we hope to bring to life, but more than anything, we have discovered that even big goals get done when you set them.
That said, I’d love to hear thoughts about the speech and any questions. This is a speech that will focus much of the efforts of the company for the next three years. What do you think about that direction?