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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
Definitely not semantics. That’s why I detailed the example from one of my assignments at GM. I had zero power to decide what engines / transmissions would be made when and where, or what vehicles they would go in. I had to work through the Chief Engineers, Superintendents, and VPs who did have the power. The best I could do was give them the information they needed to make the decisions in the direction I wanted the decisions to fall. That’s influence, not power. Power is saying “this engine will be produced at Plant 1 and installed in Vehicle A.” I DID NOT have that kind of juice.
Let’s go about this a different way… Think about all of the connections you have that are important to you. Now, list the ones that have either the power or influence to have you publicly state something that is directly opposite of what you truly believe (Tucker Carlson doesn’t count  ). I’m guessing that second part would be an amazingly short list.
Now, let’s apply that to UAE and John Kerry. What “power” or even influence can John Kerry have over UAE to have one of their top ministers publicly say something they don’t believe in when it would be much simpler to just say nothing? |
I’m curious: How much influence did you have over GM stuffing the LT4 in the ZL1 AND with the same hp as the Z06? If you had anything to do with that, props to you!