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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.general, "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Tom Stangl writes:
> > > Oh, I get the gist of your concern, because I have it too. After reading
> > > Todd's message, I was no less cynical about TLG than before, as this is
> > > just a narrow software focus, having nothing to do with The Brick.
> > >
> > > When they start dialogue about longtime concerns with GETTING BRICKS (S@H
> > > parts packs, bulk bricks, whatever, I don't care, as long as I can get
> > > "bulk"), I'll be less cynical.
>
> The purpose of my post wasn't to try to convince people to be less cynical;
> I've never met a cynic who became uncynical overnight by direct persuasion
> or by happytalk. The purpose of my post is to draw wide attention to
> something positive which happened in one particular corner of the LEGO
> universe and to rally positive responses which let LEGO know that, for what
> it's worth, its recent actions were both noticed and appreciated.
>
> Positive responses can't hurt, and even if they're not read by anyone at
> LEGO right away, it's inevitable that they will someday be discovered and
> read, bringing a warm smile to those curious. I think it's a good thing to
> have on the record.
>
> > I can understand the concerns you've put forward, but in essence, I don't
> > care. I think any step forward is good.
> >
> > Consider: Someone at a Managerial level actually WANTS interaction with the
> > adult community. How can that be anything but a huge leap forward?
>
> Yup, that's it -- exactly! :) It's a first significant step in the right
> direction -- maybe not an entirely significant one on the surface, but one
> which can only be the result of a fundamental shift underway beneath the
> surface. Maybe it's only a handful of people there right now who see the
> potential, or it's more than we realize -- but time will tell. It's natural
> of course for the first visible effects of the shift to have appeared in the
> most high-tech of all the product lines.
>
> > I'm as hurting as the rest of you as far as desire for bulk orders is
> > concerned, but I will applaud any move forward, however small, or however
> > 'irrelevant to the brick' it happens to be.
>
> Realizing that one small week of positive events doesn't necessarily imply
> that more will follow anytime soon, I still cannot help but to be energized
> by all of this. I wasn't expecting anyone in management at LEGO to show up
> and post here for at least another six months to a year. I think MindFest
> has had a *hugely* positive accelerative impact in many areas, the full
> extents of which are yet far from evident.
>
> Let's also keep in mind that, in a company of many thousand employees, there
> are probably dozens of people who work for LEGO who read online discussion
> groups in some capacity, either directly or by having things forwarded to
> them via email. I'd be surprised, in fact, if there weren't at least one or
> two online discussion messages each week circulating various parts of the
> internal LEGO email system. And you can bet they must have some kind of
> "Internet Watch" group set up somewhere to monitor our collective pulse.
>
> For these reasons, I believe that it's as important to LEGO employee outlook
> as it is to our own outlook that we celebrate each positive step forward,
> however small, toward building relations. Surely, the folks doing product
> development at LEGO, especially the younger crowd -- people like Jeroen
> Ottens, who posted here in Feburary -- have been lobbying their management
> interally (probably for years) that LEGO should play a more active role in
> the online fan community and recognize as well as foster the symbiotic
> relationship with adults. While what has occurred recently may only be a
> "toe testing the water," I'm sure that the mere fact that it happened at all
> is a definite morale booster for the wired crowd at LEGO, and I'm sure that
> any positive responses we might have for them would be appreciated.
>
> --Todd
There is a movie (a comedy) that came out in recent years called "What about Bob"
staring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss about a neurotic man following his new
Psychiatrist on vacation ..... and in that movie Bill Murray followed the advice
of the shrink to take "baby steps .... baby steps" one slow activity at a time.
Ditto for TLG ... they are taking baby steps...... and as they overcome their
fears they will take new baby steps....
Gary Istok
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