:09:01
Thanks for listening.
:09:03
My door is always open.
:09:08
Well, I told you...
:09:12
there was a meeting
at 3:00 on the dot.
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An hour late, there's a reason.
Fifteen minutes late shows...
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contempt,
disorganization, laziness.
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I had to kill
the entire marketing department.
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Took a little longer than I expected.
Hi. I'm Kate Newell.
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Of course you are.
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- This is Ricky Hayman.
- Oh!
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I've been reading
all about you.
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- Oh, yeah?
- Twenty-seven months of flatness.
:09:35
Boy, that's some sort of record.
:09:38
Kate is a media analyst.
She went to an Ivy League school...
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learned all sorts
of fancy ways to sell things.
:09:45
I want her to work closely with you
for the next two weeks...
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and see if you can get sales
up eight percent.
:09:51
Eight... percent? Yeah.
Well, why not shoot for eight percent...
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Sit down.
Tell him the problems.
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Okay. There are two problems.
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One: The network has no identity.
:10:02
If you put all of the shopping channels
together, there's no way you can tell them apart.
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I know that if we can create
a clear, dynamic identity...
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along with
better sales techniques...
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we will quickly pull ahead of our competitors
and easily reach our growth target.
:10:14
Identity and sales techniques.
We have a meeting in an hour...
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with Scott Hawkes from New Vision
to come up with a more complete plan.
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Well, good.
Well, good.
:10:23
Vision, uh, is certainly good.
:10:25
And New Vision...
Wow. Newer?
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Hello.
:10:45
Theresa called to confirm dinner
at her place, but Charlene also called...
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- Barry. Barry, any business calls?
- Oh, um, no.
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But Tim George is sitting in McBainbridge's office...
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Later. Later.
:10:57
What's happening?
:10:58
Hang on. Blowout?