I just finished reading the new book by the Nissan and soon to be Renault CEO, Carlos Ghosn, called Shift.

The book is an excellent read. Dont expect a detailed explanation of how he helped Renault and singlehandedly saved Nissan. He gives the general views and ideas on how he did it, and I personally thought it was very insightful on how to run a company in the modern days of globalism!

Anyway, this is not a review of the book, but while reading it, one sentence especially made me smile. Ghosn talks about the Japanese business culture, and criticizes the way a job in Japan used to be considered a life long guaranteed thing.

He says,

“Economic life consists of destruction and creation, of change. It’s all part of the normal functioning of an economy. To consider employment as an immutable good is profoundly contrary to the way an economy evolves. When you try to save a job that’s been condemned by market evolution or technological progress, all you succeed in doing is weakening the business as a whole.”

I say to Mr. Ghosn, during your visit to Kuwait last week, you shouldve taken a small trip to a little place call mujamma3 al wazaraat!

Job security 3ala 7saab our country hal maskeena illy everyone is abusing for their own benefit!